palper

Senses

1. 1.

   to palpate; to feel

   to touch or examine by hand, especially for medical diagnosis

2. 2.

   to touch; to handle

   to physically touch or manipulate something

3. 3.

   to feel (figuratively)

   to sense or perceive intuitively

Examples

• "Le médecin palpe l'abdomen du patient pour chercher une anomalie."

  The doctor palpates the patient's abdomen to look for an abnormality.

• "Elle palpe le tissu pour vérifier sa qualité."

  She feels the fabric to check its quality.

• "Je palpais une certaine tension dans l'air."

  I sensed a certain tension in the air.

Usage

Palper is primarily used in medical contexts as a technical term (palpate). In everyday speech, it can mean simply to touch or feel something by hand. The figurative sense is less common but appears in literary contexts.