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Sounds | fiy'l |
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Rhymes | abele, anneal, appeal, and 60 more rhymes in iyl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An intuitive awareness. |
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Examples | "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"; |
Broader | awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness |
Verbs | feel |
Meaning | The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. |
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Examples | "the feel of the city excited him" |
Synonyms | spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell |
Narrower | Hollywood; Zeitgeist |
Broader | atmosphere, ambiance, ambience |
Verbs | feel; feel |
Meaning | A property perceived by touch. |
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Synonyms | tactile property |
Narrower | touch; texture |
Broader | property |
Verbs | feel; feel; feel; feel |
Meaning | Manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure. |
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Examples | "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel" |
Broader | foreplay, arousal, stimulation |
Verbs | feel |
Meaning | Undergo an emotional sensation. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something |
Model | John will feel angry |
Synonyms | experience |
Caused by | affect, impress, move, strike |
Narrower | recapture; pride, plume, congratulate; smolder, smoulder; harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse; cool off; anger, see red; chafe; suffer; fume; repent, regret, rue; sadden; rejoice, joy; sympathize, sympathise; take pride, pride oneself; burn; die; fly high; glow, beam, radiate, shine; glow |
See also | feel for |
Nouns | feelings; feeling |
Meaning | Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Model | They feel that there was a traffic accident |
Examples | "I feel that he doesn't like me" |
Synonyms | find |
Broader | reason, reason out, conclude |
Similar to | rule, find |
Nouns | feel; feeling |
Meaning | Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | sense |
Caused by | sensitize, sensitise |
Broader | perceive, comprehend |
Similar to | feel |
Nouns | feeling; feel |
Meaning | Seem with respect to a given sensation given. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective |
Examples | "My cold is gone--I feel fine today" |
Narrower | feel like a million, feel like a million dollars; suffocate |
Broader | be |
Meaning | Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
Examples | "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
Broader | think, believe, consider, conceive |
Nouns | feelings |
Meaning | Undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation". |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Broader | experience, undergo, see, go through |
Nouns | feeling |
Meaning | Be felt or perceived in a certain way. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective |
Model | The cool air does feel good |
Examples | "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" |
Narrower | crawl |
Broader | look, appear, seem |
Similar to | feel, sense |
Nouns | feel |
Meaning | Grope or feel in search of something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | The men feel the area for animals |
Entails | touch |
Narrower | grope for, scrabble |
Broader | search, seek, look for |
Similar to | feel, finger; feel; palpate, feel |
Nouns | feel |
Meaning | Examine by touch. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Feel this soft cloth!" |
Synonyms | finger |
Entails | touch |
Similar to | feel |
Nouns | feeling; feel; feeler; feeler |
Meaning | Examine (a body part) by palpation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | palpate |
Category | medicine, practice of medicine |
Broader | touch |
Similar to | feel |
Nouns | feel |
Meaning | Find by testing or cautious exploration. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | find, regain |
Nouns | feeler; feeler |
Meaning | Produce a certain impression. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
Examples | "It feels nice to be home again" |
Broader | look, appear, seem |
Nouns | feel |
Meaning | Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Broader | touch |
Similar to | feel |
Usage | cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular |
Nouns | feel |