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Meaning of 'felt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Felt
- imp. & p. p. / a. from Feel.
2 . Felt [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Feel
3 . Felt [ n.]
- A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- A hat made of felt.
- A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
4 . Felt [ v. t.]
- To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
- To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine.

Meaning of 'felt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . felt [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cover with felt
Example in sentence:
  • felt a cap
Meaning (2):
- mat together and make felt-like
Example in sentence:
  • felt the wool
Meaning (3):
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Example in sentence:
  • The fabric felted up after several washes

Nearby Words:

felanders feldspar feldspath feldspathic feldspathose fele felicitate felicitated felicitating felicitation

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