| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic: air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feeling, mood, smell, tone. See BE. 2. The proper method for doing, using, or handling something: knack, trick. Informal : hang. See ABILITY. 3. A particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact: feeling, touch. See TOUCH. 4. The faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation: feeling, tactility, touch. See TOUCH. | | VERB: | 1. To participate in or partake of personally: experience, go through, have, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. Archaic : prove. Idioms: run up against. See PARTICIPATE. 2. To be physically aware of through the senses: experience, have. See KNOWLEDGE. 3. To experience or express compassion: ache, commiserate, compassionate, pity, sympathize, yearn. Idioms: be sorry, have (or take) pity. See PITY. 4. To undergo an emotional reaction: experience, have, know, savor, taste. See FEELINGS. 5. To view in a certain way: believe, hold, sense, think. See OPINION. 6. To reach about or search blindly or uncertainly: fumble, grabble, grope, poke. See SEEK, TOUCH. 7. To be intuitively aware of: apprehend, intuit, perceive, sense. Idioms: feel in one's bones, get vibrations. See KNOWLEDGE. 8. To bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation: finger, handle, palpate, touch. See TOUCH. | | PHRASAL VERB: | feel out To test the attitude of: probe, sound3 (out). Idioms: put out feelers, send up a trial balloon. See INVESTIGATE.
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