Definitions for felt
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. feltverb

   a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers

2. feltverb

   mat together and make felt-like

   "felt the wool"

3. feltverb

   cover with felt

   "felt a cap"

4. felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, matverb

   change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

   "The fabric felted up after several washes"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FELTnoun

   Etymology: feltt, Saxon.

   1. Cloath made of wool united without weaving.

   It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
   A troop of horse with felt. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   2. A hide or skin.

   To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

2. Feltthe preterite of feel, which see.

3. To Feltverb

   To unite without weaving.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The same wool one man felts into a hat, another weaves it into cloath, another into kersey. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Felt

   Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp–based rayon. Blended fibers are also common. Natural fibre felt has special properties that allow it to be used for a wide variety of purposes. "It is fire-retardant and self-extinguishing; it dampens vibration and absorbs sound; and it can hold large amounts of fluid without feeling wet...": 10 

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. felt

   Felt is a type of textile material that is produced by condensing, matting, and pressing fibers together. It can be made from natural fibers such as wool or synthetic fibers. This non-woven fabric is used in a wide variety of applications, from crafts and artworks to clothing, hats, and industrial uses.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Felt

   of Feel

2. Felt

   imp. & p. p. / a. from Feel

3. Feltnoun

   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

4. Feltnoun

   a hat made of felt

5. Feltnoun

   a skin or hide; a fell; a pelt

6. Feltverb

   to make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together

7. Feltverb

   to cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine

8. Etymology: [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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Felt

   Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any colour, and made into any shape or size. Many cultures have legends as to the origins of feltmaking. Sumerian legend claims that the secret of feltmaking was discovered by Urnamman of Lagash. The story of Saint Clement and Saint Christopher relates that while fleeing from persecution, the men packed their sandals with wool to prevent blisters. At the end of their journey, the movement and sweat had turned the wool into felt socks. Feltmaking is still practised by nomadic peoples in Central Asia, where rugs, tents and clothing are regularly made. Some of these are traditional items, such as the classic yurt, while others are designed for the tourist market, such as decorated slippers. In the Western world, felt is widely used as a medium for expression in textile art as well as design, where it has significance as an ecological textile.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Felt

   felt, pa.t. and pa.p. of Feel.

2. Felt

   felt, n. a fabric formed without weaving, by means of the natural tendency of the fibres of wool and certain kinds of hair to interlace with and cling to each other.—v.t. to make into felt: to cover with felt.—v.t. Felt′er, to mat together like felt.—n. Felt′ing, the art or process of making felt: the felt itself. [A.S. felt; cf. Dut. vilt, Ger. filz.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. felt

   Stuff made of wool and hair. Patent felt is saturated with tar, and used to place inside the doubling or sheathing of a vessel's bottom. Employed also in covering the boilers and cylinders of steam-engines.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. felt

   A type of product and textile created and designed in various colors, materials, shapes, sizes and styles and used for a variety of purposes.

   Felt is used in arts and crafts, toys, rugs, tents, footwear and clothing.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on November 15, 2015  

2. ---

   feltverb

   Verb form of the word feel.

   They felt energised together achieving great success.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 13, 2020  

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1. felt

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2. FELT

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FELT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Felt is ranked #8610 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Felt surname appeared 3,820 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Felt.
   
   94.1% or 3,596 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 85 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 48 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 47 total occurrences were Black.
   0.8% or 32 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Mat

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'felt' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #298

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'felt' in Written Corpus Frequency: #778

Anagrams for felt »

1. left

2. flet

How to pronounce felt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say felt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of felt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of felt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of felt in a Sentence

1. Kristen Spyker:

   It was parent after parent after parent saying' this happened to us,' they had been so embarrassed to talk about it, but they felt freer when I said it happened to us.

2. Samuel S. Janus:

   Most comics make jokes to defend themselves against what they see as a hostile and inhumane world often a deeply felt rage.

3. Eddie Salmeron:

   My forearms started feeling it, my back started feeling it, my biceps felt everything. It was just — it was the longest 10 minutes of my life.

4. Nigel Clay:

   We felt like we were above the law, like OU would protect us from anything.

5. Jamie Lynn:

   This had come right after the whole marriage in Vegas and stuff, … It was really scary and I felt really unsafe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=felt
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=felt
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felt
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/felt
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=felt
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=felt
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=felt
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html