feel

/fiːl/ verb (past tense and past participle felt)

Definition

EXPERIENCE [I, T] › to experience an emotion or a physical feeling: You shouldn't feel embarrassed about making a mistake. I felt a sharp pain in my side when I stood up. "Are you feeling better?" "Yes, thanks, I feel fine now."

feel better/different/strange, etc; feel like/as if › If you describe the way a place, situation, or object feels, you say how it seems to you, or what your experience of it is like: It felt strange to see him again after so long. The house feels empty without the children. This shirt feels tight under my arms. I feel as if I've known you for ages.

feel like sb/sth › to seem to be similar to a type of person, thing, or situation: My feet feel like blocks of ice. I felt like a fool when I saw what everyone else was wearing.

OPINION [I, T] › to think something or have an opinion: [+ (that)] I feel that he's the best person for the job. Do you feel strongly (= have strong opinions) about it? She feels certain that she's right.

TOUCH [I, T] › to touch something, especially with your hands, in order to examine it: He felt her ankle to see if it was broken. I felt for a pulse.

feel like sth/doing sth › to want something, or want to do something: I feel like some chocolate. Jane felt like crying.

BE AWARE [T] › to be aware of something: You could feel the tension in the room. I could feel them watching me. → See also feel free → See also feel the pinch → See also be/feel under the weather

(Definition of feel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)