feeler
feeler is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 37 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Zoöl.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp. Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennæ. Derham.
- 2.Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- antenna
- feel
- feeling
- finger
- forefinger
- fumble
- grabble
- grope
- hand
- handle
- lambent
- manipulate
- manipulation
- massage
- out
- over
- palpability
- palpable
- palpation
- palpus
- pass
- paw
- pressure
- run
- tact
- tactile
- tactility
- taction
- tactual
- tangible
- the
- throw
- thumb
- touch
- tweedle
- twiddle
- wield
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is feeler.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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