feel
fiːl
Feel is not a meaning — it is a ripple spreading inward
The picture Something touches you and spreads inward from that spot like a ripple on water. Think happens in the head, turning things over; feel spreads through the body and the chest.
Where the picture shows up in feel
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a ripple through the whole body
I feel much better today.
aɪ fiːl mʌtʃ ˈbetər təˈdeɪ
Much better today, thanks.
You wake up and a lighter ripple than yesterday runs the length of you.
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a ripple from a pressed spot
Can you feel any pain when I press here?
kæn juː fiːl ˈeni peɪn wen aɪ pres hɪr
Does it hurt when I press here?
A doctor's fingers press your side and pain spreads out in rings from that point.
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a ripple through the chest
I felt bad about leaving so early.
aɪ felt bæd əˈbaʊt ˈliːvɪŋ soʊ ˈɜːrli
I felt awful about slipping out early.
You close the door behind you and an uneasy ripple catches up with your chest.
Feel bad is not the body hurting but the chest snagging.
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a ripple with nothing under it
I feel we should wait one more day.
aɪ fiːl wiː ʃʊd weɪt wʌn mɔːr deɪ
My instinct says give it one more day.
Nothing in the numbers to point at, yet a ripple saying not yet keeps moving in you.
I feel stands where the evidence is thinner than for I think.
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a ripple crossing from the thing
This blanket feels really soft.
ðɪs ˈblæŋkɪt fiːlz ˈrɪəli sɔːft
This blanket is lovely and soft.
A palm lands on the blanket and softness crosses from the wool into the hand.
With a thing as subject it means it gives you this ripple when touched.
All of it in one picture
Feel is a ripple spreading inward. Spread it through the whole body and it is how you are doing; spread it out from a pressed spot and it is pain; spread it through the chest and it is guilt. A ripple with no evidence behind it, reported as it is, becomes a hunch, and when the ripple crosses from the blanket into your palm, the blanket is soft.