[feel] 
verb, felt, feel⋅ing, noun | 1. | to perceive or examine by touch. |
| 2. | to have a sensation of (something), other than by sight, hearing, taste, or smell: to feel a toothache. |
| 3. | to find or pursue (one's way) by touching, groping, or cautious moves. |
| 4. | to be or become conscious of. |
| 5. | to be emotionally affected by: to feel one's disgrace keenly. |
| 6. | to experience the effects of: The whole region felt the storm. |
| 7. | to have a particular sensation or impression of (often used reflexively and usually fol. by an adjunct or complement): to feel oneself slighted. |
| 8. | to have a general or thorough conviction of; think; believe: I feel he's guilty. |
| 9. | to have perception by touch or by any nerves of sensation other than those of sight, hearing, taste, and smell. |
| 10. | to make examination by touch; grope. |
| 11. | to perceive a state of mind or a condition of body: to feel happy; to feel well. |
| 12. | to have a sensation of being: to feel warm. |
| 13. | to make itself perceived or apparent; seem: How does it feel to be rich? |
| 14. | a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton. |
| 15. | a sensation of something felt; a vague mental impression or feeling: a feel of winter; a feel of sadness in the air. |
| 16. | the sense of touch: soft to the feel. |
| 17. | native ability or acquired sensitivity: to have a feel for what is right. |
| 18. | Informal. an act or instance of touching with the hand or fingers. |
| 19. | Slang: Vulgar. an act or instance of feeling up. |
| 20. | feel for,
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| 21. | feel out, to attempt to ascertain (the nature of a situation, someone's attitude, etc.) by indirect or subtle means: Why not feel out the other neighbors' opinions before you make a complaint. |
| 22. | feel up, Slang: Vulgar. to fondle or touch (someone) in a sexual manner. |
| 23. | feel up to, Informal. to feel or be able to; be capable of: He didn't feel up to going to the theater so soon after his recent illness. |
| 24. | cop a feel, Slang: Vulgar. to touch another person's body sexually, often in a quick and surreptitious way. |
| 25. | feel like, Informal. to have a desire for; be favorably disposed to: I don't feel like going out tonight. Do you feel like a movie? |
| 26. | feel like oneself, to be in one's usual frame of mind or state of health: She hasn't been feeling like herself since the accident. Also, feel oneself. |
| 27. | feel no pain. pain (def. 5). |
feel (fēl)
v. felt (fělt), feel·ing, feels
To perceive through the sense of touch.
To perceive as a physical sensation, as of pain.
To be conscious of a particular physical, mental, or emotional state.
feel for
Grope, reach for with one's hands, as in It was pitch dark, and I felt for the doorknob. [Early 1700s]
feel for someone. Sympathize with or feel sorry for someone, as in Tom was so upset that I felt for him. This usage was put as feel with by Shakespeare: "It resounds as if it felt with Scotland" (Macbeth, 4:3). Both senses of feel for are present in the somewhat sarcastic I feel for you but I can't quite reach you, meaning "Too bad, but I don't really feel sorry for you."
