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fell: Meaning and Definition of
fell
Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— v.
- pt. of
fell
Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— v.t.
- to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree.
- to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
- the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- a seam finished by felling.
fell
Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— adj.
- fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.
- destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease.
- See(def. 5).
fell
Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— n.
- the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.
fell
Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— n. Scot. and North Eng.
- an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.
See also:
- fell (Thesaurus)
