Fell (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb
  1. simple past tense of fall.
verb (used with object)
  1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose;to fell a tree.
  2. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
noun
  1. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
  2. a seam finished by felling.
adjective
  1. fierce; ferocious; dreadful; savage.
  2. destructive; deadly: fell poison;fell disease.
Idioms
  1. swoop (def. 5).
noun Chiefly Literary.
  1. the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.
noun Scot. and North England.
  1. an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.
verb (tr)
  1. to cut or knock down
  2. to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
noun
  1. the timber felled in one season
  2. a seam finished by felling
adjective
  1. cruel or fierce; terrible
  2. destructive or deadly
  3. a single hasty action or occurrence
verb
  1. the past tense of fall
noun
  1. an animal skin or hide
noun
  1. (often plural) Northern English and Scot
    • a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor
    • (in combination)
Fell (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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