feel | manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure, the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
tactile property feel | a property perceived by touch |
sympathetic nervous system | originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord, opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions, speeds the heart, contracts blood vessels |
feel | an intuitive awareness, he has a feel for animals or it's easy when you get the feel of it, |
sympathetic vibration | (physics) vibration produced by resonance |
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 |
feel | be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state, My cold is gone--I feel fine today, She felt tired after the long hike, She felt sad after her loss |
feel like a million feel like a million dollars | be in excellent health and spirits, he feels like a million after he got the promotion |
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 |
find a 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 |
check out sound out feel out | try to learn someone's opinions and intentions, I have to sound out the new professor |
feel finger | examine by touch, Feel this soft cloth!, The customer fingered the sweater |
feel b,u | pass one's hands over the sexual organs of, He felt the girl in the movie theater |
palpate feel | examine (a body part) by palpation, The nurse palpated the patient's stomach, The runner felt her pulse |
feel experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind, She felt resentful, He felt regret |
feel for pity compassionate condole with sympathize with | share the suffering of |
feel like | have an inclination for something or some activity, I feel like staying in bed all day, I feel like a cold beer now |
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 |
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 |
feel | grope or feel in search of something, He felt for his wallet |
feel | produce a certain impression, It feels nice to be home again |
feel | find by testing or cautious exploration, He felt his way around the dark room |
feel | be felt or perceived in a certain way, The ground feels shaky, The sheets feel soft |
harmonic sympathetic | relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body, sympathetic vibration |
charitable benevolent kindly sympathetic good-hearted openhearted large-hearted | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity, was charitable in his opinions of others, kindly criticism, a kindly act, sympathetic words, a large-hearted mentor |
sympathetic | having similar disposition and tastes, with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion |
sympathetic | expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings, disposed toward, sympathetic to the students' cause, a sympathetic observer, a sympathetic gesture |
sympathetic appealing likeable likable | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings, the sympathetic characters in the play |
sympathetic | of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system, sympathetic neurons, sympathetic stimulation |