Definitions for fell

Definitions for (noun) fell

Main entry: fell

Definition: the act of felling something (as a tree)


Main entry: fell, felled seam

Definition: seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges


Main entry: hide, fell

Definition: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)


Definitions for (verb) fell

Main entry: cut down, drop, strike down, fell

Definition: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Usage: strike down a tree; Lightning struck down the hikers


Main entry: fell

Definition: sew a seam by folding the edges


Main entry: fell, fly, vanish

Definition: pass away rapidly

Usage: Time flies like an arrow; Time fleeing beneath him


Definitions for (adj) fell

Main entry: brutal, barbarous, cruel, vicious, savage, roughshod, fell

Definition: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Usage: a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks


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