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fell

1

[fel]

verb

  1. simple past tense of fall.

fell

2

[fel]

verb (used with object)

  1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a tree.

    to fell a moose;

    to fell a tree.

  2. Sewing.to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.

noun

  1. Lumbering.the amount of timber cut down in one season.

  2. Sewing.a seam finished by felling.

fell

3

[fel]

adjective

  1. fierce; ferocious; dreadful; savage.

  2. destructive; deadly.

    fell poison;

    fell disease.

fell

4

[fel]

noun

Chiefly Literary.

  1. the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.

fell

5

[fel]

noun

Scot. and North England.

  1. an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.

fell

1

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. to cut or knock down

    to fell a tree

    to fell an opponent

  2. needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)

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noun

  1. the timber felled in one season

  2. a seam finished by felling

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fell

2

/ ɛ /

adjective

  1. archaiccruel or fierce; terrible

  2. archaicdestructive or deadly

    a fell disease

  3. a single hasty action or occurrence

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fell

3

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. (often plural)

    1. a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor

    2. ( in combination )

      fell-walking

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fell

4

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. the past tense of fall

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fell

5

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. an animal skin or hide

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • fellness noun
  • ˈڱ adjective
  • ˈڱԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fell1

First recorded before 900; Middle English fellen, fillen, fullen, Old English fellan, fyllan “to cut, cut down, destroy, shed (tears),” causative of feallan “to fall, fall down”; cognate with Gothic falljan, Old Frisian falla, fella, Old High German fellen, German ä “to make fall”; fall

Origin of fell2

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English fel “treacherous, deceitful, false,” from Old French, nominative of felon “w”; felon 1

Origin of fell3

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English fel(l); cognate with Dutch vel, German Fell, Old Norse -fjall (as in berfjall “bearskin”), Gothic -fill (in thrutsfill “leprosy,” literally “scab skin”); akin to Latin pellis “skin, hide,” Greek éŧ “small, light, leather-covered shield”

Origin of fell4

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fel “hill, mountain; upland or pasture; a moor or down”; from Old Norse fjall, -fell, “hill, mountain,” akin to German Fels “rock, cliff”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fell1

Old English fellan ; related to Old Norse fella , Old High German fellen ; see fall

Origin of fell2

C13 fel , from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin ڱō villain; see felon 1

Origin of fell3

C13: from Old Norse fjall ; related to Old High German felis rock

Origin of fell4

Old English; related to Old High German fel skin, Old Norse berfjall bearskin, Latin pellis skin; see peel 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

  1. at / in one fell swoop. swoop.

see one fell swoop.
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Example Sentences

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He fell behind early, then worked the count even before a weak grounder to second.

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But she singled out the officer in charge of the case, who has not been named, for showing "genuine care and commitment when others above her fell short".

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The Church, which never investigated, acknowledged its response "fell short of today's standards".

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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.

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In another incident, he claimed he was kicked in the stomach after he fell off a push scooter as a nine-year-old.

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