felt
part of speech
verb (past and past participle of feel: feel, feels, felt, feeling); noun (felt — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Felt is the past of «feel»: you felt happy, you felt the soft fur. tree →
2) Felt is a thick, soft cloth made by pressing wool or other fibres together. tree →
3) «Felt-tip pen» is a pen with a soft tip of this material. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The darkness in Egypt is said to be so thick that it could be "felt." Tradition says it was real and heavy, and that people could not even rise from their places. In the primary lessons: In stories «felt» tells the reader about a character's emotions or what they touched; in art and craft lessons you cut and glue felt shapes. Phrases: «felt sorry for», «felt like», «felt better», «felt-tip pen».
examples
- And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.' (Torah EXO.10.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- I felt very happy on my birthday. tree →
- She felt the warm sand under her feet. tree →
- He felt sorry for the lost puppy. tree →
- We made puppets out of felt. tree →
- Colour the picture with felt-tip pens. tree →
- I felt like going home. tree →
- After a rest, she felt better. tree →
- Of course he felt quite hopeless. tree →
note
Irregular: feel – felt – felt. Not «feeled». «Felt like» can mean «wanted to» (I felt like a snack) or «seemed like» (it felt like a dream). Felt the cloth is uncountable.
In the corpora
- And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.
- Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?
- Whether that counts as real understanding is something scientists still argue about, but it has never felt sad in a body.
- But you lived them in words: you learned what happened, what people felt and what was wise.
- That is honest; claiming you felt the waves would not be.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «felt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.