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on others' gullibility.<br />

--n. 4 fodder, forage, pasturage, silage, food, provender:<br />

What kind of feed are you giving the sheep?<br />

feel v. 1 touch, see, note, sense, perceive, experience, determine;<br />

handle, manipulate, finger: Feel how rough the skin is at this<br />

spot. 2 stroke, caress, pet, fondle: I like to feel a bare<br />

carpet with my toes. 3 sense, be conscious of, perceive, be<br />

aware or sensible of, experience: I could feel the heat of the<br />

fire across the room. 4 sense, believe, think, perceive, judge,<br />

consider, deem, know, discern, intuit, Colloq get or have the<br />

impression, have a hunch, guess, have a (funny) feeling, feel in<br />

one's bones: I feel I have outstayed my welcome. 5 undergo,<br />

sense, suffer, bear, endure, withstand, stand, abide, brook,<br />

tolerate, go through: Let the other team feel the agony of<br />

defeat for a change. 6 seem, appear, strike one, give the<br />

impression, have a or the feeling: It felt as if a great weight<br />

has been lifted from me. It feels like old times. That feels<br />

silky. 7 seem to be, be, regard or characterize oneself as, take<br />

oneself to be: I feel certain that we've met before. I felt a<br />

perfect fool. 8 feel for. sympathize or empathize with,<br />

commiserate with, bleed for, be sorry for, pity, have compassion<br />

for: She feels for all mothers whose sons have died. 9 feel<br />

like. incline or lean to or towards, prefer, fancy, want,<br />

desire, crave: I feel like a cup of hot tea.<br />

--n. 10 texture, surface, sensation, touch, finish: This wood<br />

has the feel of satin. 11 feeling, air, atmosphere, climate,<br />

ambience, sense, note, tone, quality: It's so cosy here - it<br />

has the feel of home.<br />

feeler n. 1 antenna, tentacle, palp, sensor: Those moths have long,<br />

feathery feelers. 2 overture, hint, suggestion, foretaste,<br />

probe, tester, sensor: The questionnaire is a feeler put out to<br />

test public opinion.<br />

feeling n. 1 (sense of) touch, sensitivity, sense, perception,<br />

sensation, sensibility: I had no feeling in my left side. 2<br />

intuition, idea, notion, inkling, suspicion, belief, hunch,<br />

theory, sense; premonition, hint, presentiment, sense of<br />

foreboding, sensation, impression, opinion, view; instinct,<br />

consciousness, awareness: I have a feeling you're fooling. Do

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