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Felt

Felt Meaning & Definition
Felt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Felt?

[n] a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
[adj] detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; "the felt presence of an intruder"; "a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms"; "a perceived threat"
[v] change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
[v] cover with felt; "felt a cap"
[v] mat together and make felt-like, as of material

Synonyms | Synonyms for Felt: detected | felt up | mat | mat up | perceived | sensed

Related Terms | Find terms related to Felt: cloth | drapery | etoffe | fabric | goods | lace | material | napery | rag | silk | stuff | textile | textile fabric | texture | tissu | tissue | weave | web | weft | woof | wool

See Also | change | cloth | cover | entangle | fabric | mat | material | snarl | tangle | textile

Felt In Webster's Dictionary

\Felt\, imp. & p. p. or a. from {Feel}.
\Felt\, n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and possibly to Gr. ? hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.] 1. 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. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. --Shak. 2. A hat made of felt. --Thynne. 3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.] To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. --Mortimer.

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