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fell ¹  (fl)

tr.v. felled, fell·ing, fells

1.

a. To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down: fell a tree; fell an opponent in boxing.

b. To kill: was felled by an assassin's bullet.

2. To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.

n.

1. The timber cut down in one season.

2. A felled seam.

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[Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fyllan.]

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fella·ble adj.

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fell ²  (fl)

adj.

1. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes.

2. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow.

3. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance.

4. Scots Sharp and biting.

Idiom:

at/in one fell swoop

All at once.

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[Middle English fel, from Old French, variant of felon; see felon¹.]

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fellness n.

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fell ³  (fl)

n.

1. The hide of an animal; a pelt.

2. A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.

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[Middle English fel, from Old English fell; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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fell ⁴  (fl)

n. Chiefly British

1. An upland stretch of open country; a moor.

2. A barren or stony hill.

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[Middle English fel, from Old Norse fell, fjall, mountain, hill.]

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fell ⁵  (fl)

v.

Past tense of fall.

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fell¹

vb

the past tense of fall

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fell²

vb (tr)

1. to cut or knock down to fell a tree to fell an opponent

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) Needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) US and Canadian the timber felled in one season

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a seam finished by felling

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

fellable  adj

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fell³

adj

1. Archaic cruel or fierce; terrible

2. Archaic destructive or deadly a fell disease

one fell swoop a single hasty action or occurrence

[C13 fel, from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin fellō villain; see felon¹]

fellness  n

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fell⁴

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) an animal skin or hide

[Old English; related to Old High German fel skin, Old Norse berfjall bearskin, Latin pellis skin; see peel¹]

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fell⁵

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (often plural) Northern English and Scot

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

b.  (in combination) fell-walking

[from Old Norse fjall; related to Old High German felis rock]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fell - the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) hide animal skin - the outer covering of an animal cowhide - the hide of a cow goatskin - the hide of a goat rawhide - untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes
	2.	fell - seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges felled seam seam - joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
	3.	fell - the act of felling something (as a tree) kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life
Verb	1.	fell - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" strike down, cut down, drop chop down - cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree" poleax, poleaxe - fell with or as if with a poleax log, lumber - cut lumber, as in woods and forests cut - fell by sawing; hew; "The Vietnamese cut a lot of timber while they occupied Cambodia" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	2.	fell - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" vanish, fly vaporize, vanish, fly - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
	3.	fell - sew a seam by folding the edges sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework
Adj.	1.	fell - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" barbarous, brutal, cruel, savage, vicious, roughshod inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"

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fell¹

verb

1. cut down, cut, level, demolish, flatten, knock down, hew, raze Badly infected trees should be felled.

2. knock down, floor, flatten, strike down, prostrate, deck (slang) A blow on the head felled him.

Translations

fell² [fel] VT (with a blow) → derribar; [+ tree] → talar, cortar; [+ cattle] → acogotar

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fell³ [fel] ADJ with one fell blow → con un golpe feroz
at one fell swoop → de un solo golpe

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fell⁴ [fel] N (Brit) (= moorland) → páramo m, brezal m; (= hill) (usu pl) → colina f rocosa

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fell⁵ [fel] N (= hide, pelt) → piel f

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fell [ˈfɛl]

pt of fall

vt

(= cut down) [+ tree] → abattre

(= knock down) [+ person] → assommer

n (British) (= mountain) → montagne f
the fells (= moorland) → la lande

adj
in one fell swoop (= at a stroke) → d'un seul coup

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fell²

n (= skin) → Fell nt, → Balg m

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fell³

adj (liter) → fürchterlich ? swoop

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fell⁴

vt tree → fällen, schlagen; person → niederstrecken, zu Boden strecken; animal → zur Strecke bringen

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fell⁵

n (N Engl: = mountain) → Berg m; (= moor) → Moorland nt

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fell² [fɛl] vt (with a blow, person) → atterrare; (tree) → abbattere

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fell³ [fɛl] adj with one fell blow → con un colpo terribile
at one fell swoop → in un colpo solo

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fell⁴ [fɛl] n (Brit) (mountain) → monte m; (uplands) the fells npl versante montuoso con scarsa vegetazione
fell-walking → passeggiate fpl in montagna

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fell fall

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fell²

v fell [fel]

to cut or knock down to the ground They are felling all the trees in this area. vel, afkap يَقْطَع повалям (po)kácet fælde fällen σωριάζω κάτω, κόβω talar langetama بریدن؛ بر زمین انداختن kaataa abattre לִכרוֹת गिराना sjeći, oboriti ledönt menebang fella; höggva abbattere 切り倒す 베어 넘어뜨리다 kirsti, leisti cirst; gāzt (kokus) menebang omhakken felle, hogge ned powalać, wyrąbywać cortar/derrubar a do­borî рубить (vy)rúbať, stínať podreti saseći fälla ทำให้ล้มลง; ทำให้ร่วงลงมา; โค่น kesmek, kesip devirmek 砍伐 звалити, зрубати کاٹ کر زمین پر گرا دینا đốn chặt (cây) 砍伐