sense
v.
feel, perceive through the senses; apprehend, understand
n.
any of the five faculties of perception (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste); feeling, perception, sensation; recognition, awareness; impression; intelligence; something that is reasonable; significance, meaning; purpose, point; merit, value
Sense
sense
Noun
1. a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"
(hypernym) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
(hyponym) sense of direction
2. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified"
(synonym) signified
(hypernym) meaning, significance, signification, import
(hyponym) word meaning, word sense, acceptation
3. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
(synonym) sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
(hypernym) faculty, mental faculty, module
(hyponym) modality, sense modality, sensory system
4. sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
(synonym) common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit
(hypernym) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
(hyponym) logic
5. a natural appreciation or ability; "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing"
(hypernym) appreciation, grasp, hold
Verb
1. 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) feel
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(verb-group) feel
(derivation) sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
2. detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
(hypernym) detect, observe, find, discover, notice
(derivation) sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
3. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"
(hypernym) perceive
4. comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
(hypernym) understand
(derivation) common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit
Sense (die)
n.
scythe, agricultural tool comprised of a long curved blade attached to a long handle; falx, sickle-shaped structure in the brain (Anatomy)
sensé
adj.
wise, sensible, sane; sober, sound