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felt

1

[ felt ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feel.


felt

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[ felt ]

noun

  1. a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
  2. any article made of this material, as a hat.
  3. any matted fabric or material, as a mat of asbestos fibers, rags, or old paper, used for insulation and in construction.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or made of felt.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make into felt; mat or press together.
  2. to cover with or as with felt.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become matted together.

felt

1

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of feel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

felt

2

/ ɛ /

noun

    1. a matted fabric of wool, hair, etc, made by working the fibres together under pressure or by heat or chemical action
    2. ( as modifier )

      a felt hat

  1. any material, such as asbestos, made by a similar process of matting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make into or cover with felt
  2. intr to become matted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of felt1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Filz; filter
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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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