felt

adj. touched, sensed; made of felt material, of felt

n. nonwoven fabric produced by matting fibers together by heat and pressure

v. make into felt; upholster in felt, cover with felt

v. physically sense; emotionally sense; examine by touching; find one's way by touch, grope; believe, think; seem

Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers. The fibers form the structure of the fabric. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any color, and made into any shape or size.Felt is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind. It predates weaving and knitting, although there is archaeological evidence from the British Museum that the first known thread was made by winding vegetable fibers on the thigh. In Turkey, the remains of felt have been found dating back at least to 6,500 BC. Highly sophisticated felted artifacts were found preserved in permafrost in a tomb in Siberia and dated to 600AD.
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Noun
1. a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
(derivation) felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
Verb
1. mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool"
(hypernym) entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
2. cover with felt; "felt a cap"
(hypernym) cover
3. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
(synonym) felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
(hypernym) change

Noun
1. an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";
(hypernym) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
(derivation) find
2. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
(synonym) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
(hypernym) atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
(hyponym) Hollywood
3. a property perceived by touch
(synonym) tactile property
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) touch
(derivation) palpate
4. manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"
(hypernym) foreplay, arousal, stimulation
Verb
1. undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
(synonym) experience
(hyponym) recapture
(see-also) feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with
(derivation) feelings
2. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
(synonym) find
(hypernym) reason, reason out, conclude
(verb-group) rule, find
3. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
(synonym) sense
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(derivation) tactile property
4. seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) feel like a million, feel like a million dollars
5. have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
(hypernym) think, believe, consider, conceive
(derivation) feelings
6. undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
(derivation) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
7. be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
(hypernym) look, appear, seem
(hyponym) crawl
(verb-group) sense
(derivation) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
8. grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"
(hypernym) search, seek, look for
(hyponym) grope for, scrabble
(entail) touch
(verb-group) finger
(derivation) tactile property
9. examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
(synonym) finger
(entail) touch
(derivation) barbel, feeler
10. examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
(synonym) palpate
(hypernym) touch
(derivation) tactile property
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
11. find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"
(hypernym) find, regain
(derivation) barbel, feeler
12. produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"
(hypernym) look, appear, seem
(derivation) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
13. pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
(hypernym) touch
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

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