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feel for en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with.
   • I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.
2. (idiomatic) To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag).
   • Harry felt for his purse in his left-hand trousers pocket, but it was not there. He then tried his right-hand trousers pocket, but it was not there. He then tested the left hand pocket of his vest, but it was not there. He then explored the right-hand pocket of his vest, but it was not there. He then darted a hand into each of the pockets of his shooting-jacket, but it was not there. 1896, Stephen Wyke, The Yorkshire Cousins, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 15:
   • He felt for his purse.

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Translations (6)

pl szukać rękami (search for something by touching) · hu együttérez (to express sympathy for, to sympathise with) · eo pripalpi (search for something by touching) · pl współczuć (to express sympathy for, to sympathise with) · de mitfühlen (to express sympathy for, to sympathise with) · ru сочувствовать (to express sympathy for, to sympathise with)