feel

English

/fiːl/

verb
Definitions
  • (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
  • (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
  • (transitive) To be or become aware of.
  • (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
  • (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
  • (transitive) To understand.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English felen (advance, come at) inherited from Old English fēlan (feel, touch, perceive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną (feel, taste).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fōlijaną

Gloss

feel, taste

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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