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Feel

verb

(past & past part. felt; pres. part. feeling)

1.

Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind. Synonym: experience. "He felt regret"

2.

Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. Synonym: find. "I find him to be obnoxious" , "I found the movie rather entertaining"

3.

Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. Synonym: sense. "She felt an object brushing her arm" , "He felt his flesh crawl" , "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"

4.

Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state. "She felt tired after the long hike" , "She felt sad after her loss"

5.

Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude. "You make me feel naked" , "I made the students feel different about themselves"

6.

Undergo passive experience of:. "Her fingers felt their way through the string quartet" , "She felt his contempt of her"

7.

Be felt or perceived in a certain way. "The sheets feel soft"

8.

Grope or feel in search of something.

9.

Examine by touch. Synonym: finger. "The customer fingered the sweater"

10.

Examine (a body part) by palpation. Synonym: palpate. "The runner felt her pulse"

11.

Find by testing or cautious exploration.

12.

Produce a certain impression.

13.

Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of.

noun

1.

An intuitive awareness. "It's easy when you get the feel of it"

2.

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. Synonyms: feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone. "A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting" , "It had the smell of treason"

3.

A property perceived by touch. Synonym: tactile property.

4.

Manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure.

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... the splendour of her success in the ranks of fashion was not obtained at the expense of her virtue. The time approaches in which she is about to yield to the manners of her age, and to the long-combatted wants of her heart. The love which she inspired in others, she is, in turn, about to feel herself, and it is to engage her, at the age of twenty-eight or twenty-nine, in a fatal connection, which will make her unmindful of all her conjugal duties, and turn her most brilliant qualities against herself, against her family, and ...

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