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fell
1[fel]
fell
2[fel]
verb (used with object)
to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a tree.
to fell a moose;
to fell a tree.
Sewing.to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
noun
Lumbering.the amount of timber cut down in one season.
Sewing.a seam finished by felling.
fell
3[fel]
fell
4[fel]
noun
the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.
fell
5[fel]
noun
an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.
fell
1/ ɛ /
verb
to cut or knock down
to fell a tree
to fell an opponent
needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
noun
the timber felled in one season
a seam finished by felling
fell
2/ ɛ /
adjective
archaiccruel or fierce; terrible
archaicdestructive or deadly
a fell disease
a single hasty action or occurrence
fell
3/ ɛ /
noun
(often plural)
a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor
( in combination )
fell-walking
fell
4/ ɛ /
verb
the past tense of fall
fell
5/ ɛ /
noun
an animal skin or hide
Other 51Թ Forms
- fellness noun
- ˈڱ adjective
- ˈڱԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fell1
Origin of fell2
Origin of fell3
Origin of fell4
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fell1
Origin of fell2
Origin of fell3
Origin of fell4
Example Sentences
A woman was killed in east London when a pallet containing more than two tonnes of bricks fell from a crane onto the pavement, a court has heard.
In another incident, he claimed he was kicked in the stomach after he fell off a push scooter as a nine-year-old.
He and his partner are now expecting their second child, in August - something they began saving for before Jamie's wife Zanele even fell pregnant.
"I thought all the house fell on us."
What has changed from the first time two people fell in love, and what hasn’t?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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