feels for

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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noun

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.

Verb phrases

20.

feel for,

to feel sympathy for or compassion toward; empathize with: I know you're disappointed and upset, and I feel for you.

Southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. to have a liking or desire for: If you feel for more pie, just help yourself.

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.

Idioms

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 ).

Origin:
before 900; Middle English felen, Old English fēlan; cognate with Old Saxon fōlian, German fühlen; akin to Old Norse falma to grope. See fumble

Related forms

o·ver·feel, verb, o·ver·felt, o·ver·feel·ing.

re·feel, verb, re·felt, re·feel·ing.

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World English Dictionary

feel (fiːl)

—vb (foll by for) (often foll by up) , feels, feeling, felt
1.	to perceive (something) by touching
2.	to have a physical or emotional sensation of (something): to feel heat; to feel anger
3.	(tr) to examine (something) by touch
4.	(tr) to find (one's way) by testing or cautious exploration
5.	(copula) to seem or appear in respect of the sensation given: I feel tired; it feels warm
6.	to have an indistinct, esp emotional conviction; sense (esp in the phrase feel in one's bones)
7.	to show sympathy or compassion (towards): I feel for you in your sorrow
8.	to believe, think, or be of the opinion (that): he feels he must resign
9.	slang to pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
10.	feel like to have an inclination (for something or doing something): I don't feel like going to the pictures
11.	feel oneself, feel quite oneself to be fit and sure of oneself
12.	(usually used with a negative or in a question) feel up to to be fit enough for (something or doing something): I don't feel up to going out tonight

—n
13.	the act or an instance of feeling, esp by touching
14.	the quality of or an impression from something perceived through feeling: the house has a homely feel about it
15.	the sense of touch: the fabric is rough to the feel
16.	an instinctive aptitude; knack: she's got a feel for this sort of work

[Old English fēlan; related to Old High German fuolen, Old Norse fālma to grope, Latin palmapalm¹]

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Word Origin & History

feel

O.E. felan "to touch," from Gmc. *folijanan (cf. Du. voelen, Ger. fühlen "to feel," O.N. falma "to grope"), from PIE base *(s)pol-/*(s)pal- "to strike softly" (cf. Gk. psallein "to pluck (the harp)," L. palpare "to touch softly, stroke," palpitare "to move quickly"). The sense in O.E. was "to perceive

through senses which are not referred to any special organ." Sense of "be conscious of a sensation or emotion" developed by late 13c.; that of "to have sympathy or compassion" is from c.1600. Noun sense of "sexual grope" is from 1932; from verbal phrase to feel (someone) up (1930).

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

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.

Slang Dictionary

feel (so) definition

tv.
to understand someone. : Do you feel me? If not, I'll say it again and again till you do!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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"Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system—with all these exalted powers—man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin."

-Charles Darwin

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