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fell

1

[ fel ]

verb

  1. simple past tense of fall.


fell

2

[ fel ]

verb (used with object)

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

    to fell a moose;

    to fell a tree.

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

noun

  1. Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
  2. Sewing. a seam finished by felling.

fell

3

[ fel ]

adjective

  1. fell poison;

    fell disease.

fell

4

[ fel ]

noun

Chiefly Literary.
  1. the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.

fell

5

[ fel ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.

fell

1

/ 蹿蓻濒 /

verb

  1. to cut or knock down

    to fell a tree

    to fell an opponent

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

  1. the timber felled in one season
  2. a seam finished by felling
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fell

2

/ 蹿蓻濒 /

adjective

  1. archaic.
    cruel or fierce; terrible
  2. archaic.
    destructive or deadly

    a fell disease

  3. one fell swoop
    a single hasty action or occurrence
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fell

3

/ 蹿蓻濒 /

verb

  1. the past tense of fall
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fell

4

/ 蹿蓻濒 /

noun

  1. an animal skin or hide
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fell

5

/ 蹿蓻濒 /

noun

  1. often plural
    1. a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor
    2. ( in combination )

      fell-walking

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿别濒濒补产濒别, adjective
  • 藞蹿别濒濒苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蹿别濒濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fell1

First recorded before 900; Middle English fellen, fillen, fullen, Old English fellan, fyllan 鈥渢o cut, cut down, destroy, shed (tears),鈥 causative of feallan 鈥渢o fall, fall down鈥; cognate with Gothic falljan, Old Frisian falla, fella, Old High German fellen, German 蹿盲濒濒别苍 鈥渢o make fall鈥; fall

Origin of fell2

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English fel 鈥渢reacherous, deceitful, false,鈥 from Old French, nominative of felon 鈥渨颈肠办别诲鈥; felon 1

Origin of fell3

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English fel(l); cognate with Dutch vel, German Fell, Old Norse -fjall (as in berfjall 鈥渂别补谤蝉办颈苍鈥), Gothic -fill (in thrutsfill 鈥渓eprosy,鈥 literally 鈥渟cab skin鈥); akin to Latin pellis 鈥渟kin, hide,鈥 Greek 辫茅濒迟脓 鈥渟mall, light, leather-covered shield鈥

Origin of fell4

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English fel 鈥渉ill, mountain; upland or pasture; a moor or down鈥; from Old Norse fjall, -fell, 鈥渉ill, mountain,鈥 akin to German Fels 鈥渞ock, cliff鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fell1

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

Origin of fell2

C13 fel , from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin 蹿别濒濒艒 villain; see felon 1

Origin of fell3

Old English; related to Old High German fel skin, Old Norse berfjall bearskin, Latin pellis skin; see peel 1

Origin of fell4

C13: from Old Norse fjall ; related to Old High German felis rock
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. at / in one fell swoop. swoop ( def 5 ).

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see one fell swoop .
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Example Sentences

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A man accused of felling the world famous Sycamore Gap tree told police he had been framed as part of a feud.

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Manyatelo fell asleep in a police car following the incident and refused to provide a blood sample for testing, claiming that it was against his religion.

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The initial agreement was due to be signed in February, but fell apart following the heated exchange between the two leaders, when Trump accused Zelensky of "gambling with World War Three".

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The NDP lost 17 of the 24 seats they were defending - 10 to the Conservatives and seven to the Liberals - and fell short of the 12 seats required for official party status.

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Every facility also fell short in suicide prevention and intervention strategies, the report said, with standard suicide risk assessments not consistently administered at Imperial, Golden State Annex and Mesa Verde.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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