feel

To use or experience the sense of touch.

You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.

I felt cold and miserable all night.

To use or experience the sense of touch.

I felt my way through the darkened room.

I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.

To use or experience the sense of touch.

To use or experience the sense of touch.

He felt (about) for the light switch in the dark.

To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.

I can feel the sadness in his poems.

Teach me to feel another's VVoe; / To hide the Fault I ſee; / That Mercy I to others ſhovv, / That Mercy ſhow to me.

The sense of touch.

It begins as a firm elastic swelling, which communicates to the feel the idea that a fluid is contained under a firm fascia […]

A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.

Bark has a rough feel.

And then something in the sound or the feel of the waters made him look down, and he perceived that the ebb had begun and the tide was flowing out to sea.

A vague mental impression.

You should get a feel for the area before moving in.

You can arrange camel trips into the desert but to really get a feel for this allow yourself a couple of extra days and be prepared for what at times can be an uncomfortable journey: Xuan Zang tells us that as he left Khotan he was ‘attacked by tornados which bring with them clouds of flying gravel’.

An act of fondling.

She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.

A vague understanding.

I'm getting a feel for what you mean.

Alternative form of fele.