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felt
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felt
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noun
- a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- any article made of this material, as a hat.
- any matted fabric or material, as a mat of asbestos fibers, rags, or old paper, used for insulation and in construction.
adjective
- pertaining to or made of felt.
verb (used with object)
- to make into felt; mat or press together.
- to cover with or as with felt.
verb (used without object)
- to become matted together.
felt
1/ ɛ /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of feel
felt
2/ ɛ /
noun
- a matted fabric of wool, hair, etc, made by working the fibres together under pressure or by heat or chemical action
- ( as modifier )
a felt hat
- any material, such as asbestos, made by a similar process of matting
verb
- tr to make into or cover with felt
- intr to become matted
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of felt1
Old English; related to Old Saxon filt , Old High German filz felt, Latin pellere to beat, Greek pelas close; see anvil , filter
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"I felt on top of the world if I'm being honest, because I had never had that feeling of anything doing that to me," Davie said.
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Buoyed by the loyalty of his supporters, Yoon wrote in a letter to them in January that it was only after being impeached that he "felt like a president".
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The White House on Thursday felt a bit like a building battening down for a coming storm.
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"Tom and I took up where we left off. The reunion felt great."
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He added he does not tell young people what to do but showed them his scars and felt he could "understand how they view the world".
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