felt

felt ¹  (flt)

n.

1.

a. A fabric of matted, compressed animal fibers, such as wool or fur, sometimes mixed with vegetable or synthetic fibers.

b. A material resembling this fabric.

2. Something made of this fabric.

adj.

Made of, relating to, or resembling felt.

v. felt·ed, felt·ing, felts

v.tr.

1. To make into felt.

2. To cover with felt.

3. To press or mat (something) together.

v.intr.

To become like felt; mat together.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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felty adj.

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felt ²  (flt)

v.

Past tense and past participle of feel.

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felt¹

vb

the past tense and past participle of feel

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felt²

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)

a.  a matted fabric of wool, hair, etc., made by working the fibres together under pressure or by heat or chemical action

b.  (as modifier) a felt hat

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) any material, such as asbestos, made by a similar process of matting

vb

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (tr) to make into or cover with felt

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (intr) to become matted

[Old English; related to Old Saxon filt, Old High German filz felt, Latin pellere to beat, Greek pelas close; see anvil, filter]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	felt - a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Verb	1.	felt - mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool" mat, entangle, snarl, tangle - twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
	2.	felt - cover with felt; "felt a cap" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	3.	felt - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, felt up, mat change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

Translations

felt² [felt]

A. N → fieltro m

B. CPD felt hat N → sombrero m de fieltro

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felt [ˈfɛlt]

pt

pp of feel

n → feutre m
felt hat n → feutre chapeau)m >
felt pen n (also felt-tip pen) → stylo-feutre m

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felt²

n → Filz m ? roofing

adj attr → Filz-; felt hat → Filzhut m

vi (wool etc) → (ver)filzen

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felt² [fɛlt]

1. n → feltro

2. adj → di feltro
felt hat → cappello di feltro

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felt² [fɛlt]

1. n → feltro

2. adj → di feltro
felt hat → cappello di feltro

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felt feel

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felt²

n / adj felt [felt]

(of) a type of cloth made of wool that has been pressed together not woven She bought a metre of felt to re-cover the card table (= table for playing cards on); a felt hat. vilt لِبْد، ألْباد филц plst; plstěný filt; filt- der Filz τσόχα fieltro vilt نمد huopa feutre לֶבֶד नमदा, फैल्ट कपड़ा filc, pust; pusten, filcan filc beledu flókaefni, filt feltro フェルト (の) 펠트 fetras, veltinis filcs sejenis kain vilt filt filc feltro fetru фетр; сукно plsť; plstený klobučevina filc filt ผ้าสักหลาด keçe 氈, 氈製品 повсть; фетр اون وغیرہ کو دبا کر بنایا گیا کپڑا nỉ; phớt 毡, 毡制品

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felt → لباد plsť filt Filz τσόχα fieltro huopa feutrine filc feltro フェルト 펠트 vilt filt filc feltro войлок filttyg ผ้าขนสัตว์ keçe nỉ 毡