feel

feel is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

feed - feel - few

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /fiːl/
• SAMPA: /fi:l/

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Verb

Plain form feel

Third-person singular feels

Past tense felt

Past participle felt

Present participle feeling

1. (intransitive) If you feel that something is the case, you have a strong idea in your mind that it is the case.

   I feel that not enough is being done to protect the local animal life.

2. (intransitive) If you feel happy, sad, angry, etc., you have that emotion.

   He feels happy when someone makes him laugh.

3. (transitive) When you feel something, you experience a sensation from touching it.

   He felt the cold ice on his lips.

   I feel pain when I touch the fire.

Related words

• feel the pinch

Noun

Singular feel

Plural feels

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