fell (redirected from felling)

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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fell ¹

Verb

the past tense of fall

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fell ²

Verb

1. to cut down (a tree)

2. to knock down (a person), esp. in a fight [Old English fellan]

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fell ³

Adjective

in one fell swoop in one single action or on one single occasion: they arrested all the hooligans in one fell swoop [Middle English fel]

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fell ⁴

Noun

Scot & N English a mountain, hill, or moor [Old Norse fjall]

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fell ⁵

Noun

an animal's skin or hide with its hair [Old High German fel skin]

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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fell

verb 1. cut down, cut, level, demolish, flatten, knock down, hew, raze

verb 2. knock down, floor, flatten, strike down, prostrate, deck (slang)

Translations

fell [fɛl] pt of fall

vt [+ tree] → talar

adj with one fell blow → con un golpe feroz;

at one fell swoop → de un solo golpe n (BRIT) (= mountain); montaña (= moorland): the fells → los páramos

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fell [fɛl] pt of fall

vt [+ tree] → abattre

n (Brit) (= mountain); montagne f: (= moorland);

the fells → la lande adj with one fell blow → d'un seul coup

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fell [fɛl] pt of fall

vt → fällen;

(opponent) → niederstrecken

n (Brit) (mountain) → Berg m;

(000) (moorland);

the fells → das Moor(land) adj in one fell swoop → auf einen Schlag

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fell [fɛl] pt of fall

vt [+ tree] → abbattere [+ person]; atterrare

adj with one fell blow → con un colpo terribile;

at one fell swoop → in un colpo solo n (BRIT) (= mountain); monte m: (= moorland): the fells → la brughiera

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fell fall