felt
pronunciation
How to pronounce felt in British English:
UK [felt]
How to pronounce felt in American English:
US [fɛlt]
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- Noun:
- a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
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- Verb:
- mat together and make felt-like
- cover with felt
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Word Origin
- felt
- felt: [OE] Etymologically, felt is a fabric that is formed by ‘beating’ (as indeed is the case, for it is made from compressed fibres). The word comes via West Germanic *feltaz or *filtiz (source also of German filz and Dutch vilt ‘felt’, and of English filter) from prehistoric Indo- European *peldos, a derivative of the same base as produced Latin pellere ‘strike, beat’ and the second syllable of English anvil.=> anvil, filter
- felt (n.)
- unwoven fabric matted together by rolling or beating while wet, Old English felt "felt," from West Germanic *feltaz "something beaten, compressed wool" (cognates: Old Saxon filt, Middle Dutch vilt, Old High German filz, German Filz, Danish filt), from Proto-Germanic *felt- "to beat," from PIE *pel- (6) "to thrust, strike, drive" (source also of Old Church Slavonic plŭstĭ), with a sense of "beating" (see pulse (n.1)). Compare filter (n.). Felt-tipped pen (or -tip) is from 1953.
- felt (v.1)
- "to make into felt," early 14c. (implied in felted); see felt (n.).
- felt (v.2)
- past tense and past participle of feel (v.).
Example
- 1. At home he felt worse .
- 2. Tyler looked a hundred times worse than I felt .
- 3. Mr. jones , who worked at the albany felt company , was known for helping people all over town .
- 4. Pakistan felt humiliated too by the way the al-qaeda leader was killed .
- 5. After a long period of isolation I felt like it was my city .