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# felt

verb (past and past participle of feel: feel, feels, felt, feeling); noun (felt — uncountable)

«felt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Felt is the past of «feel»: you felt happy, you felt the soft fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#m1)
2. Felt is a thick, soft cloth made by pressing wool or other fibres together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#m2)
3. «Felt-tip pen» is a pen with a soft tip of this material. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories «felt» tells the reader about a character's emotions or what they touched; in art and craft lessons you cut and glue felt shapes. Phrases: «felt sorry for», «felt like», «felt better», «felt-tip pen».

### Examples

- I felt very happy on my birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x1)
- She felt the warm sand under her feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x2)
- He felt sorry for the lost puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x3)
- We made puppets out of felt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x4)
- Colour the picture with felt-tip pens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x5)
- I felt like going home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x6)
- After a rest, she felt better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x7)
- Of course he felt quite hopeless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/#x8)

### Note

Irregular: feel – felt – felt. Not «feeled». «Felt like» can mean «wanted to» (I felt like a snack) or «seemed like» (it felt like a dream). Felt the cloth is uncountable.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The darkness in Egypt is said to be so thick that it could be "felt." Tradition says it was real and heavy, and that people could not even rise from their places. In the primary lessons: In stories «felt» tells the reader about a character's emotions or what they touched; in art and craft lessons you cut and glue felt shapes. Phrases: «felt sorry for», «felt like», «felt better», «felt-tip pen».

### Examples

- And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/felt/#x1)
- Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/felt/#x2)
- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.' (Torah EXO.10.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/felt/#x3)
- 'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/felt/#x4)

### Note

Irregular: feel – felt – felt. Not «feeled». «Felt like» can mean «wanted to» (I felt like a snack) or «seemed like» (it felt like a dream). Felt the cloth is uncountable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «felt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/felt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«felt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/felt.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «felt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/felt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«felt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/felt.html) on Mova free.