/fiːl/
Translation
To have an emotion or a sense in your body, or to touch something to learn about it.
Word origin
From Old English felan, meaning to touch or perceive, shared with other old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- felan
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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"Feel" tells us about the emotion inside you.
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"Feels" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Felt" is the past form of "feel".
Used in
Stories
(16)The First Day
2 min read · Core 1000
The New House
2 min read · Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Day
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read · Core 1000
Sports Day
3 min read · Core 1000
The Late Bus
3 min read · Core 1000
Before the Doors Open
4 min read · Core 5000
The Long Way Home
4 min read · Core 1000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(19)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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