fell

fell ¹

 (fĕl)

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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fell′a·ble adj.

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fell ²

 (fĕl)

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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fell′ness n.

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fell ³

 (fĕl)

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- in Indo-European roots.]

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fell ⁴

 (fĕl)

n.

1. Chiefly British 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

 (fĕl)

v.

Past tense of fall.

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fell

(fɛl)

vb (tr)

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

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

n

3. (Forestry) US and Canadian the timber felled in one season

4. (Knitting & Sewing) a seam finished by felling

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

ˈfellable adj

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fell

(fɛl)

adj

1. archaic cruel or fierce; terrible

2. archaic destructive or deadly: a fell disease.

3. one fell swoop a single hasty action or occurrence

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

ˈfellness n

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fell

(fɛl)

vb

the past tense of fall

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fell

(fɛl)

n

(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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fell

(fɛl)

n

(Physical Geography) (often plural)

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

b. (in combination): fell-walking.

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

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fell¹

(fɛl)

v.

pt. of fall.

fell²

(fɛl)

v.t.

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

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

[before 900; Middle English; Old English fellan, causative of feallan to fall; c. Gothic falljan]

fell′a•ble, adj.

fell³

(fɛl)

adj.

1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage: a fell beast.

2. destructive; deadly: a fell blow; a fell disease.

Idioms:

at or in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by a single blow.

[1250–1300; Middle English fel < Old French. See felon¹]

fell′ness, n.

fell⁴

(fɛl)

n.

the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.

[before 900; Middle English, Old English]

fell⁵

(fɛl)

n.

Chiefly Scot. a highland plateau.

[1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse]

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fell

Past participle: felled
Gerund: felling

Imperative

fell

fell

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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

¹

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.

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fell ¹

verb

1. To bring down, as with a saw or ax:

chop down, cut (down), hew.

2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:

bring down, cut down, down, drop, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.

Slang: deck.

Idiom: lay low.

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fell ²

adjective

Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint:

barbarous, bestial, cruel, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish.

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fell ³

noun

The skin of an animal:

fur, hide, jacket, pelt.

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Translations

يَقْطَع

kácet

fælde

fällen

derribartalar

abattre

fella; höggva

abbattereatterrare [di persone]brughierapass. di to fallpendio roccioso

cirstgāzt

vyrúbať

kesip devirmekkesmek

砍伐

fell

² [fel] VT (with a blow) → derribar; [+ tree] → talar, cortar; [+ cattle] → acogotar

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fell

³ [fel] ADJ with one fell blow → con un golpe feroz
at one fell swoop → de un solo golpe

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fell

⁴ [fel] N (Brit) (= moorland) → páramo m, brezal m; (= hill) (usu pl) → colina f rocosa

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fell

⁵ [fel] N (= hide, pelt) → piel f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fell

²

n (= skin) → Fell nt, → Balg m

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fell

³

adj (liter) → fürchterlich ? swoop

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fell

⁴

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

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fell

⁵

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fell

² [fɛl] vt (with a blow, person) → atterrare; (tree) → abbattere

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fell

³ [fɛl] adj with one fell blow → con un colpo terribile
at one fell swoop → in un colpo solo

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fell

⁴ [fɛl] n (Brit) (mountain) → monte m; (uplands) the fells npl versante montuoso con scarsa vegetazione
fell-walking → passeggiate fpl in montagna

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fell²

(fel) verb

to cut or knock down to the ground. They are felling all the trees in this area. vel, afkap يَقْطَع повалям cortar/derrubar (po)kácet fällen fælde σωριάζω κάτω, κόβωtalar 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 omhakkenfelle, hogge ned powalać, wyrąbywać پری کول 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

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

• She fell → سَقَطَتْ → Upadla → Hun er faldet → Sie ist gestürzt → Έπεσε → Se ha caído → Hän kaatui → Elle est tombée → Pala je → È caduta → 彼女はころびました → 넘어졌어요 → Zij is gevallen → Hun falt → Upadła → Ela caiu → Она упала → Hon ramlade → เธอตกลงมา → Düştü → Con bé bị ngã → 她跌跤了

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fell

pret de fall

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