Definition
to feel like (sleeping): to want, to desire (sleep)
To feel like is followed by a gerund (a verb in the ING form) when followed directly by a verb:
I feel like going to the movies.
This is an irregular verb:
I feel like / I felt like / I have felt like
I feel like (I'm making progress): I think that, believe that (I'm making progress)
this feels like (real leather): this resembles, seems like (real leather) to the touch
- "Philip : Yeah, and this sure doesn't feel like Angelina Jolie."
- "I feel like Brian Jones is going to walk in here any second and say "Hello chaps."
- "Edward : (singing) Sometimes I feel like such a loner, trying to fill the printer with toner"
- "Australian woman : Bruno, I've never said this to anyone before, but you make me feel like a boomerang."
- "Bruno : I felt like the king of the world while Betty's banquet continued."
- "When she speaks to me I feel like I am the only person in the room."
- "Other times, I feel like I could travel for the rest of my life."
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