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# feel

«feel» in Mova's school dictionary: **To notice something with your body, for example by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (feel, feels, felt, feeling); noun (a feel — the way something feels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To notice something with your body, for example by touching it: "Feel how soft this is." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#m1)

2) To have an emotion or a state in your body: to feel happy, tired, sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#m2)

3) To seem a certain way when touched or experienced: "The water feels cold." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#m3)

4) To think or believe: "I feel that we should help." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, touch is one of the senses: we feel heat, cold, pain and pressure with our skin. In everyday life and safety, feelings tell us about ourselves: if something feels wrong or you feel unsafe, tell a trusted adult. In stories, "felt" shows a character's emotions. Phrases: feel like (want), feel better, feel sorry for, feel free, feel sick.

### examples

- I feel happy today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x1)
- Feel the bark of this tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x2)
- The ice felt cold in my hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x3)
- Do you feel better now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x4)
- I feel like eating pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x5)
- She felt sorry for the lost puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x6)
- If you feel unsafe, tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x7)
- My legs feel tired after the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x8)
- Yet he did not feel happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/#x9)

### note

Past is "felt" (not "feeled"). After "feel" use an adjective, not an adverb: "I feel good/bad", not "I feel badly". "Feel like + -ing" means want to. Feelings can be big but they pass; it is fine to talk about them.

### In the corpora

- [Burnout means being worn down by too much work and stress for too long, until even small tasks feel huge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/15/)
- [Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/7/)
- [Grown-ups sometimes cry "happy tears" when they feel strong happy feelings like love or pride.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/14/)
- [A divorce can feel sad and also a relief, because a long, hard process is over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/12/)
- [Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.