felt
mat together and make felt-like
How often you will meet it
Rank 222 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 102,674 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.049% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- mat together and make felt-like felt the wool
- cover with felt felt a cap
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like also: felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat The fabric felted up after several washes
noun
- a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
felt in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And wished she felt sure of it.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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At once he felt aggrieved and resentful and turned sullen.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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I felt he had something to say to me, and I waited.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallward’s heart beating, and wondered what was coming.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The step-mother likewise, what could she do, even had she recognized and felt all that the children's behavior implied?
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1