felt
(noun) a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
(verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; âThe fabric felted up after several washesâ
felt
(verb) cover with felt; âfelt a capâ
felt
(verb) mat together and make felt-like; âfelt the woolâ
feel
(verb) be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; âMy cold is gone--I feel fine todayâ; âShe felt tired after the long hikeâ; âShe felt sad after her lossâ
feel
(verb) have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someoneâs behavior or attitude; âShe felt small and insignificantâ; âYou make me feel nakedâ; âI made the students feel different about themselvesâ
feel, finger
(verb) examine by touch; âFeel this soft cloth!â; âThe customer fingered the sweaterâ
palpate, feel
(verb) examine (a body part) by palpation; âThe nurse palpated the patientâs stomachâ; âThe runner felt her pulseâ
feel, experience
(verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; âShe felt resentfulâ; âHe felt regretâ
feel, sense
(verb) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; âHe felt the windâ; âShe felt an object brushing her armâ; âHe felt his flesh crawlâ; âShe felt the heat when she got out of the carâ
feel
(verb) undergo passive experience of; âWe felt the effects of inflationâ; âher fingers felt their way through the string quartetâ; âshe felt his contempt of herâ
feel
(verb) produce a certain impression; âIt feels nice to be home againâ
feel
(verb) find by testing or cautious exploration; âHe felt his way around the dark roomâ
feel
(verb) be felt or perceived in a certain way; âThe ground feels shakyâ; âThe sheets feel softâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
FELT (plural FELTs)
(astronomy) Acronym of fast-evolving luminous transient. (a type of supernova)
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felt (countable and uncountable, plural felts)
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
A hat made of felt.
(obsolete) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)
(transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.
(transitive, poker) To cause a player to lose all their chips.
felt
simple past tense and past participle of feel
felt (comparative more felt, superlative most felt)
That has been experienced or perceived.
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Felt (plural Felts)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Felt is the 8610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3820 individuals. Felt is most common among White (94.14%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Felt,
Definition: imp. & p. p. or a. from Feel.
Felt, n. Etym: [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and possibly to Gr. pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak .
2. A hat made of felt. Thynne.
3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.] To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer.
Felt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felted; p. pr. & vb. n. Felting.]
1. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine.
Feel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felt; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeling.] Etym: [AS. f; akin to OS. gif to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G. fĂŒhlen, Icel. falma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm paim of the hand, L. palma. Cf. Fumble, Palm.]
1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs. Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.
2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out. Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son. Gen. xxvii. 21. He hath this to feel my affection to your honor. Shak.
3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain. Teach me to feel another's woe. Pope. Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing. Eccl. viii. 5. He best can paint them who shall feel them most. Pope. Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt. Byron.
4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of. For then, and not till then, he felt himself. Shak.
5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] Chaucer. To feel the helm (Naut.), to obey it.
Feel, v. i.
1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.
2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected. [She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron. Burke. And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. Pope.
3. To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; - - followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded. I then did feel full sick. Shak.
4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving. Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear. Shak.
5. To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation. Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels smooth. Dryden. To feel after, to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a person groping in the dark. "If haply they might feel after him, and find him." Acts xvii. 27. - To feel of, to examine by touching.
Feel, n.
1. Feeling; perception. [R.] To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its genial warmth. Hazlitt.
2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel. The difference between these two tumors will be distinguished by the feel. S. Sharp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
