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1. (v.t.) fell
to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall:
to fell a moose; to fell a tree.
2. fell
(in sewing) to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
3. (adj.) fell
fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage:
a fell beast.
4. fell
destructive; deadly:
a fell blow; a fell disease.
5. (n.) fell
the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE)
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1. (noun) hide, fell
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
2. (noun) fell, felled seam
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
3. (adj) fell
the act of felling something (as a tree)
4. (verb) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
(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"
5. (verb) fell, drop, strike down, cut down
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
"strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
6. (verb) fly, fell, vanish
pass away rapidly
"Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
7. (verb) fell
sew a seam by folding the edges
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1. fell
the past tense of "fall"
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1. (adj) fell
cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous
2. (adj) fell
eager; earnest; intent
3. (adj) fell
gall; anger; melancholy
4. (noun) fell
a skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell
5. (noun) fell
a barren or rocky hill
6. (noun) fell
a wild field; a moor
7. (noun) fell
the finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting
8. (noun) fell
a form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses
9. (noun) fell
the end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft
10. fell
of Fall
11. fell
imp. of Fall
12. (verb) fell
to cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down
13. (verb) fell
to sew or hem; -- said of seams
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Sense: to cut or knock down to the ground
They are felling all the trees in this area.
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 Afrikaans: vel, afkap |
 Arabic: يَقْطَع |
 Bulgarian: повалям |
 Brazilian: cortar/derrubar |
 Czech: (po)kácet |
 German: fällen |
 Danish: fælde |
 Greek: σωριάζω κάτω, κόβω |
 Spanish: talar |
 Estonian: langetama |
 Farsi: بریدن؛ بر زمین انداختن |
 Finnish: kaataa |
 French: abattre |
 Hebrew: לִכרוֹת |
 Hindi: गिराना |
 Croatian: sjeći, oboriti |
 Hungarian: ledönt |
 Indonesian: menebang |
 Icelandic: fella; höggva |
 Italian: abbattere |
 Japanese: 切り倒す |
 Korean: 베어 넘어뜨리다 |
 Lithuanian: kirsti, leisti |
 Latvian: cirst; gāzt (kokus) |
 Malay: menebang |
 Dutch: omhakken |
 Norwegian: felle, hogge ned |
 Polish: powalać, wyrąbywać |
 Persian: بریدن؛ بر زمین انداختن |
 Pashto: پری کول |
 Portuguese: cortar/derrubar |
 Romanian: a doborî |
 Russian: рубить |
 Slovak: (vy)rúbať, stínať |
 Slovenian: podreti |
 Serbian: saseći |
 Swedish: fälla |
 Thai: ทำให้ล้มลง; ทำให้ร่วงลงมา |
 Turkish: kesmek, kesip devirmek |
 Taiwanese: 砍伐 |
 Ukrainian: звалити, зрубати |
 Urdu: کاٹ کر زمین پر گرا دینا |
 Vietnamese: đốn chặt (cây) |
 Chinese: 砍伐 |
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