feel
To know an emotion or a physical feeling in your body.
To experience an emotion or a physical sensation through the senses or mind.
To touch something to know what it is like.
To touch something with your hand or body to discover its texture, temperature, shape, or other qualities.
To think something without needing proof.
To have a belief, opinion, or idea about something, often based on intuition rather than proof.
How something feels to touch, or the mood it gives you.
The texture of a material when touched, or the general emotional impression something gives.
To know something is happening because of your body, not because you see or hear it.
To notice or become aware of something through bodily sensations rather than sight or hearing.
- Base: feel
- 3rd Person Singular: feels
- Present Participle: feeling
- Past: felt
- Past Participle: felt
- Irregular past: felt Verb
- Irregular past participle: felt Verb
can't help but feel
1Cannot avoid certain feeling/thought
You have a certain feeling and cannot stop it.
- I can't help but feel nervous before exams.
- She couldn't help but feel sad at the news.
feel at home
1Be comfortable in a place/situation
To be comfortable and relaxed as if you were in your own home.
- She quickly felt at home in her new job.
- Please make yourself comfortable and feel at home.
feel free to
1Do without hesitation/permission needed
You can do this if you want; there is no need to ask first.
- Feel free to call me anytime.
- Feel free to take another cookie.
feel like
1Want to do something now
To want to do or have something right now.
- I feel like going for a walk.
- Do you feel like some coffee?
feel one's age
1Notice effects of aging on self
To realize you are getting older, often because your body feels weaker or slower.
- After running up the stairs, he really felt his age.
- I'm starting to feel my age these days.