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Noun feeling has 6 senses

feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
--₁ is a kind of psychological feature
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb feel₁

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion - a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
--₂ is a kind of idea, thought
--₂ has particulars:
presence; effect; first blush; intuition, hunch, suspicion

Derived form: verb feel₂
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
--₃ is a kind of atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
--₃ has particulars: Hollywood; Zeitgeist
Derived form: verb feel₆
feeling - a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"
--₄ is a kind of somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
--₄ has particulars: constriction
Derived form: verb feel₃
touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling - the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
--₅ is a kind of perception
--₅ has particulars: cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
Derived form: verb feel₉
feeling, intuitive feeling - an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music"
--₆ is a kind of intuition
--₆ has particulars: sprachgefuhl

Verb feel has 13 senses

feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

Derived forms: noun feelings₁, noun feeling₁
Sample sentence:
John will feel angry
find, feel - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
--₂ is one way to reason, reason out, conclude

Derived forms: noun feel₁, noun feeling₂
Sample sentence:
They feel that there was a traffic accident
feel, sense - perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
--₃ is one way to perceive, comprehend

Derived forms: noun feel₃, noun feeling₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
feel - seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"
--₄ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s Adjective
feel - have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
--₅ is one way to think, believe, consider, conceive

Derived form: noun feelings₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
feel - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"
--₆ is one way to experience, undergo, see, go through

Derived form: noun feeling₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
feel - be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
--₇ is one way to look, appear, seem

Derived form: noun feel₂
Sample sentence:
The cool air does feel good
feel - grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"
--₈ is one way to search, seek, look for

Derived form: noun feel₃
Sample sentence:
The men feel the area for animals
feel, finger - examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"

Derived forms: noun feeler₄, noun feeler₁, noun feel₃, noun feeling₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
palpate, feel - examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
--₁₀ is one way to touch

Derived form: noun feel₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
feel - find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"
--₁₁ is one way to find, regain

Derived forms: noun feeler₄, noun feeler₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
feel - produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"
--₁₂ is one way to look, appear, seem

Derived form: noun feel₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
feel - pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
--₁₃ is one way to touch

Derived form: noun feel₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody