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Felt

verb

1.

Mat together and make felt-like.

2.

Cover with felt.

3.

Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like. Synonyms: felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up.

noun

1.

A fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers.

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.

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"Felt" Quotes from Famous Books

... window reminded him that he was hungry, and he went into the store and bought two tarts which he ate as he walked on. After that he bought a quart of peanuts, two bananas and a piece of mince-pie, and having disposed of all these he felt hungry no longer. ...

— The Bishop's Shadow • I. T. Thurston

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... thicket of cane, and not seeing anything unusual, turned and galloped away after his companions. Then the lesson, taught me by my mother, of being "faithful over a few things," flashed through my mind, and though our cattle were spared to us, I felt ...

— The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days • Andy Adams

... to the wall, in order that he mightn't be able to fancy there was any one behind him—'I can't make it out,' said he; and just then his eyes rested on the little closet that had been always locked up, and a shudder ran through his whole frame from top to toe. 'I have felt this strange feeling before,' said he. 'I can't help thinking there's something wrong about that closet.' He made a strong effort, plucked up his courage, shivered the lock with a blow or two of the poker, opened the door, and there, sure enough, standing bolt upright in the corner, ...

— The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick - A Lecture • Frank Lockwood

... some recognised chief was soon felt by the Crusaders, and Godfrey de Bouillon, less ambitious than Bohemund or Raymond of Toulouse, gave his cold consent to wield a sceptre which the latter chiefs would have clutched with eagerness. He was hardly invested with the royal mantle before the Saracens menaced his capital. With much ...

— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay

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