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FELT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("felt" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
felt (change texture so as to become matted and felt-like)
felt (cover with felt)
felt (mat together and make felt-like)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Example:
The fabric felted up after several washes
Synonyms:
felt; felt up; mat; mat up; matt-up; matte; matte up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "felt" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
felt (a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cover with felt
Example:
felt a cap
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "felt" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They felt the cape
Derivation:
felt (a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Mat together and make felt-like
Example:
felt the wool
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "felt" is one way to...):
entangle; mat; snarl; tangle (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
felt (a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers)
Context examples:
I was sorry to cause you the sympathetic pain which I know that you felt.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Deleting PIEZO2 eliminated gentle touch sensations in mice as well as those felt during inflammation and injury.
(Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury, National Institutes of Health)
In October, La Niña’s presence started to be felt, as global temperatures cooled from the record warm conditions experienced earlier in the year.
(Last month tied as 3rd warmest October on record for the globe, NOAA)
A type of labor where the labor pain or discomfort is felt by the pregnant mother in her back.
(Back Labor, NCI Thesaurus)
With mammography a larger number of early breast cancers are being detected since this techniques allows detection prior to the point at which the mass can be felt.
(Breast Lump, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual feels or has felt less physically attractive as a result of their disease or treatment.
(Assessment of Physical Attractiveness of Self, NCI Thesaurus)
"But I felt my body was moving, moving, moving so I went for it. This is amazing for me."
(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)
People who reported poor quality of sleep were 29% more likely to later have a stroke than people who felt they had slept well.
(Regular extended sleep increases risk of stroke, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
WHO officials say the benefits from implementing such measures will be felt almost immediately.
(WAir Pollution a Health Risk for Children, Lisa Schlein/VOA)
Changes in rainy and dry seasons are already disrupting fish dynamics and making their effects felt by local communities.
(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)
