apalpar — meaning in English

English meaning

• feel verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
• frisk verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
• grope verb To feel around with the hands, especially when unable to see clearly.

Senses

apalpar is used for these senses in English:

• feel (intransitive) To search by sense of touch.
• feel (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
• frisk (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
• palpate To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medical) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.

feel — full definition

1. verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
2. verb To experience an emotion or mental state.
3. verb To believe or have an impression about something.
4. noun A general impression or atmosphere of something.

frisk — full definition

1. verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
2. verb To move about playfully; to skip or leap around.
3. noun The act of searching someone by hand.

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