feel

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To perceive through the sense of touch.
• intransitive verb To perceive as a physical sensation.
• intransitive verb To touch.
• intransitive verb To examine by touching: synonym: touch.
• intransitive verb To test or explore with caution.
• intransitive verb To undergo the experience of.
• intransitive verb To be aware of; sense.
• intransitive verb To be emotionally affected by.
• intransitive verb To be persuaded of (something) on the basis of intuition, emotion, or other indefinite grounds.
• intransitive verb To believe; think.
• intransitive verb To experience the sensation of touch.
• intransitive verb To produce a particular sensation, especially through the sense of touch.
• intransitive verb To produce a particular impression; appear to be; seem.
• intransitive verb To be conscious of a specified kind or quality of physical, mental, or emotional state.
• intransitive verb To seek or explore something by the sense of touch.
• intransitive verb To have compassion or sympathy.
• noun Perception by touch or by sensation of the skin.
• noun The sense of touch.
• noun An act or instance of touching or feeling.
• noun Vulgar An act or instance of sexual touching or fondling.
• noun An overall impression or effect.
• noun Intuitive awareness or natural ability.
• idiom (feel in (one's) bones) To have an intuition of.
• idiom (feel like) To have an inclination or desire for.
• idiom (feel like (oneself)) To sense oneself as being in one's normal state of health or spirits.
• idiom (feel (one's) oats) To be energetic and playful.
• idiom (feel (one's) oats) To act in a self-important manner.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Much.
• Much; many.
• noun The sense or a sensation of touch.
• noun A sensation of any kind, or a vague mental impression or feeling.
• noun That quality in an object by which it appeals to the sense of touch.
• To have a sensation or sense-perception of. Specifically
• To be or become aware of through material action upon any nerves of sensation other than those of sight, hearing, taste, and smell; have a sensation (other than those of the above-mentioned senses) of: as, to feel the cold; to feel a lump in the throat (through involuntary closure); to feel an inclination to cough. [The application of the word to the normal action of the higher senses is obsolete, except in the abstract meaning of perceiving by means of sensation in general: as, the higher animals feel light, heat, sound, etc. See def. 2.]
• To perceive by the sense of smell; smell.
• To have a perception of (some external or internal condition of things) through a more or less complex mental state involving vague sensation: as, to feel the floor sinking; to feel one's mind becoming confused; to feel the approach of age.
• In general, to perceive or have a mental sense of; be conscious of; have a distinct or indistinct perception or mental impression of: as, to feel pleasure or pain; to feel the beauty of a landscape.
• To regard with feeling or emotion; be aroused to feeling (especially disagreeable feeling) by: as, he felt his disgrace keenly.
• Reflexively, to have a sensation, feeling, perception, or impression concerning; perceive clearly to be.
• To try by touch; examine by touching with the hands or otherwise; test by contact: as, to feel a piece of cloth; to feel the ground with the feet; a blind man feels his way with a stick.
• Hence To make trial of in any way; test carefully or cautiously: as, to feel one's way in an undertaking; to feel the market by a small venture.
• To have experience of; suffer under: as, to feel the vengeance of an enemy.