feel
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 →
2) To have an emotion or a state in your body: to feel happy, tired, sick. tree →
3) To seem a certain way when touched or experienced: "The water feels cold." tree →
4) To think or believe: "I feel that we should help." tree →
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 →
- Feel the bark of this tree. tree →
- The ice felt cold in my hand. tree →
- Do you feel better now? tree →
- I feel like eating pizza. tree →
- She felt sorry for the lost puppy. tree →
- If you feel unsafe, tell an adult. tree →
- My legs feel tired after the race. tree →
- Yet he did not feel happy. tree →
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.
- Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.
- Grown-ups sometimes cry "happy tears" when they feel strong happy feelings like love or pride.
- A divorce can feel sad and also a relief, because a long, hard process is over.
- Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «feel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.