fell

UK /fɛl/ US /fɛl/

noun 11adj 4verb 3name 3adv 1

Definitions

verb

To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

Stand, or I'll fell thee down.

Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.

To strike down, kill, destroy.

Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had felled.

"Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop."

To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.

noun

A cutting-down of timber.

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

noun

Skin, hide, pelt.

For he is fader of feith · fourmed ȝow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.

Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.

Collocations

ADJ.

asleep, bitter, hard, harder, heavy, ill, poor

The child fell asleep during the long car ride to the beach.

VERB + FELL

drop, fear, horse, pencil, rain, snow, stand, tile

The pencil fell off the desk and rolled under the chair.

FELL + NOUN

cliff, degrees, floor, kyoto, month, stairs, swoop, table

She fell down the stairs and broke her ankle last week.

PREP.

down, from, in, off, on, upon, with

She fell down the stairs and twisted her ankle badly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

hide

verb — cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

drop

verb — pass away rapidly

adjective — (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pa

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

one fell swoop

One stroke; one action or event that achieves or accomplishes many results.

Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop.

the wheels fell off

Something failed, often after or amidst a laborious, tiring process.

The coach said, "We were doing well for a while, but they got tired and then the wheels fell off".

little strokes fell great oaks

Small but persistent efforts can lead to big results.

“Little strokes fell great oaks,” says the steady worker. “One stroke fells not an oak,” makes a piece of advice to the impetuous. In danger the insignificant may console themselve

Example Bank

Stand, or I'll fell thee down.

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Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.

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As southeast Asia's forests were felled, the rhino's habitat shrank and became fragmented.

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For he is fader of feith · fourmed ȝow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.

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Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.

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Every now and then the sea calls some farmer or shepherd, and the restless drop in his veins gives him no peace till he has found his way over the hills and fells to the port of Whitehaven, and gone b

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, fell is marked as archaic, obsolete, rare, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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