To have a sensation or sense-perception of. SpecificallyTo be or become aware of through material action upon any nerves of sensation other than those of sight, hearing, taste, and smell; have a sensation (other than those of the above-mentioned senses) of: as, to feel the cold; to feel a lump in the throat (through involuntary closure); to feel an inclination to cough. [The application of the word to the normal action of the higher senses is obsolete, except in the abstract meaning of perceiving by means of sensation in general: as, the higher animals feel light, heat, sound, etc. See def. 2.]To perceive by the sense of smell; smell.To have a perception of (some external or internal condition of things) through a more or less complex mental state involving vague sensation: as, to feel the floor sinking; to feel one's mind becoming confused; to feel the approach of age.In general, to perceive or have a mental sense of; be conscious of; have a distinct or indistinct perception or mental impression of: as, to feel pleasure or pain; to feel the beauty of a landscape.To regard with feeling or emotion; be aroused to feeling (especially disagreeable feeling) by: as, he felt his disgrace keenly.Reflexively, to have a sensation, feeling, perception, or impression concerning; perceive clearly to be.To try by touch; examine by touching with the hands or otherwise; test by contact: as, to feel a piece of cloth; to feel the ground with the feet; a blind man feels his way with a stick.Hence To make trial of in any way; test carefully or cautiously: as, to feel one's way in an undertaking; to feel the market by a small venture.To have experience of; suffer under: as, to feel the vengeance of an enemy.Synonyms Feel, Be sensible of, Be conscious of, are all used of a recognition that comes close home, a frank confession to one's self. Often, to feel is especially the act of the heart: as, to feel one's own defects. To be conscious may be only the act of the understanding, apart even from reflection: as, to be conscious of the approach of danger; or it may rise to a high degree of frank admission: as, to be conscious of failure. To be sensible is the act of a sort of inward sensuous perception. See sentiment.To have perception by means of the sense of touch or by physical contact; experience sensation of any kind, except that received through sight, hearing, taste, or smell; loosely, to have a sensation of any kind: as, to feel sore or ill; to feel cold.To have perception, especially vague perception or impression; have a mental sense of something.To recognize or regard one's self as; be consciously: as, to feel hurried; to feel called on to do something.To experience feeling or emotion; be aroused to emotion.To give or produce sensation or feeling; especially, to produce sensation of touch, or organic sensations.To make examination by the sense of touch; grope.To be inwardly moved: followed by an infinitive: as, I feel to sympathize with him.To sympathize with; be sorry for.n. The sense or a sensation of touch.n. A sensation of any kind, or a vague mental impression or feeling.n. That quality in an object by which it appeals to the sense of touch.Much; many.Much.
