feel like

Definitions

1. 1

   To have a desire for something, or to do something.

   • I didn't feel like working yesterday, so I called in sick.
2. 2

   To perceive oneself to resemble (something)

   To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).

   • “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
3. 3

   To feel that something is likely to happen

   To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.

   • I feel like it will rain all week.
   • She felt like the dog could start biting at any moment.
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   1. 4

      To feel as though.

      • I’m real scared . . . stiff all over . . . I feel like I am dying . . . I can’t move . . . I don’t want to die . . . help me.
      • Kenny is beginning to feel dizzy and sags. She jams a hand under his arm to prop him up. He feels like he’s about to pass out.
   2. 5

      To give a perception of something

      To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem.

      • It felt like rain, but it barely drizzled.
      • It feels like Gerald is the likely suspect.
   3. 6

      Denotes the apparent temperature.

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