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Fell

Fell Meaning & Definition
Fell Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fell?

[n] the act of felling something (as a tree)
[n] seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
[n] the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
[adj] (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"
[v] cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
[v] sew a seam by folding the edges
[v] pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fell: barbarous | brutal | cruel | cut down | drop | felled seam | fly | hide | inhumane | roughshod | savage | strike down | vanish | vicious

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fell: align | alkali flat | alluvial plain | animal | anthill | anthropophagous | appalling | astounding | atrocious | awe-inspiring | awesome | awful | baleful | barbaric | barbarous | barrow | basin | beastly | beat down | bend | bestial | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | blow down | blow over | blow to pieces | blow up | bottomland | bowl down | bowl over | brae | brain | break | break down | bring down | brutal | brutalized | brute | brutish | bulldog | bulldoze | burn down | burn to death | bushveld | butte | campo | cannibalistic | cast down | champaign | champaign country | charge | chop down | coastal plain | coat | cock | conquer | cruel | cruel-hearted | crush | cut down | cut to pieces | cuticle | dangerous | dash down | deal a deathblow | deck | delta | demolish | demoniac | demoniacal | dermis | desert | detonate | devilish | diabolic | dire | direful | discharge | disintegrate | down | downs | Draconian | dread | dreaded | dreadful | drop | drumlin | dune | eject | equalize | even | fearful | feral | ferocious | fetch down | fiendish | fiendlike | fierce | fire | fire off | flat | flat country | flatland | flats | flatten | fleece | flesh | floor | flush | foothills | formidable | frag | fur | furring | ghastly | ghoulish | give the quietus | grade | grass veld | grassland | grievous | grim | grisly | ground | gruesome | gun | gun down | gun for | heath | hellish | hew down | hide | hideous | hill | hillock | hit | horrendous | horrible | horrid | horrific | horrifying | humble | hummock | imitation fur | imitation leather | implacable | incinerate | infernal | inhuman | inhumane | integument | jacket | jugulate | kill | knob | knock down | knock over | knoll | lande | lapidate | lay | lay down | lay flat | lay level | lay low | lay out | leather | leather paper | Leatherette | Leatheroid | let fly | let off | level | llano | load | lowland | lowlands | lunar mare | macabre | major | malefic | maleficent | malign | mare | master | mesa | mesilla | molehill | monticle | monticule | moor | moorland | morbid | mound | mow down | murderous | open country | outer layer | outer skin | override | pampa | pampas | pelt | peltry | peneplain | pepper | pick off | pistol | plain | plains | plateau | playa | plug | poleax | pot | potshoot | potshot | prairie | precipitate | prime | prostrate | pull down | put down | quell | rase | rawhide | raze | redoubtable | reduce | relentless | riddle | ride down | rind | roll | roll flat | ruthless | sadistic | salt flat | salt marsh | salt pan | sand dune | sanguinary | sanguineous | satanic | savage | savanna | schrecklich | sebkha | send headlong | serious | sharkish | sheath | shocking | shoot | shoot at | shoot down | shoot to death | shotgun | silence | sinister | skin | skins | slash | slavering | smash | smooth | smooth out | smoothen | snipe | spread-eagle | stab to death | steamroll | steamroller | steppe | stone | stone to death | strike | strike dead | subdue | subhuman | subjugate | supinate | suppress | swell | table | tableland | take a potshot | take down | Tartarean | tear down | tegument | terrible | terrific | throw | throw down | topple | torpedo | trample down | trample underfoot | tread underfoot | tree veld | tremendous | trip | truculent | tumble | tundra | ugly | unchristian | uncivilized | unhuman | unrelenting | upland | vair | vanquish | vaporize | vega | veld | vicious | weald | whack down | wide-open spaces | wold | wolfish

See Also | animal skin | chop down | come down | cowhide | cut | descend | elapse | fall | glide by | go along | go by | go down | goatskin | kill | killing | lapse | log | lumber | pass | poleax | poleaxe | putting to death | rawhide | run up | seam | sew | sew together | slide by | slip away | slip by | stitch

Fell In Webster's Dictionary

\Fell\, imp. of {Fall}.
\Fell\, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. {Felon}.] 1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. --Shak. 2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. --Pepys.
\Fell\, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. --Spenser.
\Fell\, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in [thorn]rutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. ?. Cf. {Film}, {Peel}, {Pell}, n.] A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. --Shak.
\Fell\, n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj["a]ll a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.] 1. A barren or rocky hill. --T. Gray. 2. A wild field; a moor. --Dryton.
\Fell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Felling}.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f["a]llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f["a]lla, Dan. f[ae]lde. See {Fall}, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. --Shak.
\Fell\, n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
\Fell\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. f[*a]ll a hem.] To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
\Fell\, n. 1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses. 2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

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