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feel verb (felt, feeling)
1 to become aware of something through the sense of touch.
2 tr & intr to have a physical or emotional sensation of something; to sense.
3 tr & intr to find out or investigate with the hands, etc.
4 tr & intr to have (an emotion).
5 tr & intr to react emotionally to something or be emotionally affected by something • feels the loss very deeply.
6 intrans to give the impression of being (soft, hard, rough, etc) when touched.
7 intrans to be or seem (well, ill, happy, etc).
8 to instinctively believe in something • She feels that this is a good idea.
9 to seem to oneself to be • feel a fool.
noun
1 a sensation or impression produced by touching.
2 an impression or atmosphere created by something.
3 an act of feeling with the fingers, etc.
4 an instinct, touch or knack. feel oneself to feel as well as normal • felt herself again after a good sleep. feel one's feet to get used to a new situation, job etc. feel one's way to make one's way cautiously. get the feel of something to become familiar with it or used to it. have a feel for something have a natural ability for or understanding of (an activity, etc).
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon felan.

feeling noun
1 the sense of touch, a sensation or emotion.
2 emotion as distinct from reason.
3 strong emotion • speak with feeling. 4 a belief or opinion. 5 (usually a feeling for something) a natural ability for, or understanding of, an activity, etc.
6 affection.
7 mutual interactive emotion between two people, such as bad feeling (resentment), good feeling (friendliness), ill feeling (hostility), etc.
8 (often feeling for something) an instinctive grasp or appreciation of it.
9 (feelings) one's attitude to something • have strong feelings • have mixed feelings.
10 (feelings) one's sensibilities; delicately balanced emotional attitude • hurt someone's feelings. adj sensitive; sympathetic. feelingless adj. feelingly adverb with sincerity resulting from experience. feelings are running high there is a general feeling of anger, strong emotion, etc. no hard feelings no offence taken.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon felan to feel.

feel-ing

–noun

1.	the function or the power of perceiving by touch.

2.	physical sensation not connected with sight, hearing, taste, or smell.

3.	a particular sensation of this kind: a feeling of warmth; a feeling of pain.

4.	the general state of consciousness considered independently of particular sensations, thoughts, etc.

5.	a consciousness or vague awareness: a feeling of inferiority.

6.	an emotion or emotional perception or attitude: a feeling of joy; a feeling of sorrow.

7.	capacity for emotion, esp. compassion: to have great feeling for the sufferings of others.

8.	a sentiment; attitude; opinion: The general feeling was in favor of the proposal.

9.	feelings, sensibilities; susceptibilities: to hurt one's feelings.

10.	fine emotional endowment.

11.

(in music, art, etc.)

a.	emotion or sympathetic perception revealed by an artist in his or her work: a poem without feeling.

b.	the general impression conveyed by a work: a landscape painting with a spacious feeling.

c.	sympathetic appreciation, as of music: to play with feeling.

–adjective

12.	sensitive; sentient.

13.	readily affected by emotion; sympathetic: a feeling heart.

14.	indicating or characterized by emotion: a feeling reply to the charge.

Origin:
1125–75; ME; see feel, -ing 1 , -ing 2