"feel around" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feels around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feeling around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feel<,,felt> around"
      },
      "expansion": "feel around (third-person singular simple present feels around, present participle feeling around, simple past and past participle felt around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grope; to explore an area with one's hands, usually in search of something."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "word": "feel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "word": "search"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-feel_around-en-verb-8XIRBTgU",
      "links": [
        [
          "grope",
          "grope"
        ],
        [
          "explore",
          "explore"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "sense": "explore an area with one's hands",
          "word": "fumble"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "word": "grubble"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "word": "feel around"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "glaum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "word": "grabble"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "word": "grope"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24",
          "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "poke"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gather information sneakily; to seek out information without revealing that one is looking for it."
      ],
      "id": "en-feel_around-en-verb-CKhwJ~d4",
      "links": [
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "sneakily",
          "sneakily"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "gather information sneakily",
          "word": "nose"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "gather information sneakily",
          "word": "snoop"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feel around"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (around)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feels around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feeling around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feel<,,felt> around"
      },
      "expansion": "feel around (third-person singular simple present feels around, present participle feeling around, simple past and past participle felt around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "word": "feel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "word": "search"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To grope; to explore an area with one's hands, usually in search of something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grope",
          "grope"
        ],
        [
          "explore",
          "explore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To gather information sneakily; to seek out information without revealing that one is looking for it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "sneakily",
          "sneakily"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "explore an area with one's hands",
      "word": "fumble"
    },
    {
      "word": "grubble"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gather information sneakily",
      "word": "nose"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gather information sneakily",
      "word": "snoop"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "word": "feel around"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "glaum"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "word": "grabble"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "word": "grope"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:feel around",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "poke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feel around"
}