FEEL LIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feel like mean? 

• FEEL LIKE (verb)
  The verb FEEL LIKE has 1 sense:

1. have an inclination for something or some activity

  Familiarity information: FEEL LIKE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEEL LIKE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have an inclination for something or some activity

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

I feel like a cold beer now

Hypernyms (to "feel like" is one way to...):

desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sentence example:

They feel like moving

 Context examples 

The fat tissue in the breast may be replaced by a cyst or by scar tissue, which may feel like a round, firm lump.

(Fat necrosis, NCI Dictionary)

Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest.

(Angina, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

"I feel like a new man."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Do you frequently feel like crying?

(GDS - Frequently Feel Like Crying, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Made you feel like there is something wrong with you?

(OAB-q - Feel Like There is Something Wrong with You, NCI Thesaurus)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) My Parkinson's symptoms cause me to feel like a burden to other people.

(PDQUALIF - Burden to Others, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Made you feel like there is something wrong with you?

(OAB-q Short Form - Feel Like There is Something Wrong with You, NCI Thesaurus)

He and Jo keep us merry, for we get pretty blue sometimes, and feel like orphans, with you so far away.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When I live like a man, I drink like a man—a jolt now an' again when I feel like it, an' that's all.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Oh, what a strange meeting, and how it all makes my head whirl round! I feel like one in a dream. Can it be all possible, or even a part of it?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)