feel ing

/F IY1 L IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.

  2. 2

    (transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.

  3. 3

    (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.

  4. 4

    (intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.

  5. 5

    (transitive) To be or become aware of.

  6. 6

    (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.

  7. 7

    (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.

  8. 8

    (intransitive) To search by sense of touch.

  9. 9

    (intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.

  10. 10

    (transitive) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.

  11. 11

    (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).

  12. 12

    (transitive) To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.

  13. 13

    (transitive) To experience the consequences of.

  14. 14

    (transitive, US, slang) To understand.

noun
  1. 1

    (chiefly US, slang) A feeling; an emotion.

  2. 2

    A perception experienced mainly or solely through the sense of touch.

  3. 3

    A vague mental impression.

  4. 4

    A vague understanding.

  5. 5

    An intuitive ability.

  6. 6

    (archaic) The sense of touch.

  7. 7

    An act of fondling.

adjective
  1. 1

    (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele. [(dialectal or obsolete) much; many.]

adverb
  1. 1

    (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele. [(dialectal or obsolete) greatly, much, very]