Fell

Word FELL
Character 4
Hyphenation fell
Pronunciations /fɛl/

Definitions and meanings of "Fell"

What do we mean by fell?

An upland stretch of open country; a moor. noun

A barren or stony hill. noun

The hide of an animal; a pelt. noun

A thin membrane directly beneath the hide. noun

Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce. adjective

Capable of destroying; lethal. adjective

Dire; sinister. adjective

Sharp and biting. adjective

(at/in) All at once. idiom

To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down. transitive verb

To kill. transitive verb

To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down. transitive verb

The timber cut down in one season. noun

A felled seam. noun

To cause to fall; throw down; cut down; bring to the ground, either by cutting, as with ax or sword, or by striking, as with a club or the fist: as, to fell trees; to fell an ox; to fell an antagonist at fisticuffs.

In sewing, to flatten on and sew down level with the cloth: as, to fell a seam.

To finish the weaving of (a web, or piece of cloth).

Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless.

A cutting-down of timber.

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fell

The word "fell" in example sentences

The Consumer Prices Index fell 0.2% last month - i.e. prices actually *fell*, not merely the inflation rate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

His kindness fell but hardly on the homeless, —fell but hardly on the homes where the hearth was not very warm, and where the food had little fragrance; where the human faces had had no sunshine in them, but rather the leaden, blank-eyed gaze of unexpectant want. ❋ Unknown (1917)

"About this time, too, I fell in love -- yes, _fell_ in love; for I just beheld the fair object, and I was a dead man, or a new man, or anything you will. ❋ Alexander Leighton (1837)

The whole amazing war happened while sheets of rain fell from the sky. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the moment, the name fell from my lips—Maisie. ❋ James Claffey (2012)

Not a drop of rain fell from the sky in Denver, but several weeks later the Republican convention was delayed due to rain and a hurricane. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His expression fell away, leaving his face a blank as the reality bit in. ❋ TIM LIBBON (2010)

The label fell on hard times by the early '90s amid Finland's economic downturn, but new management revived it in the past decade in part by hiring a range of young designers, who brought an updated aesthetic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But around the early '90s, the term fell out of use and came to be regarded as an anachronism if not a slur, much like the word Negro had done a generation earlier. ❋ Kylopod (2006)

When his brother died childless, the title fell to him. ❋ Featherstone, Charlotte (2005)

The word fell in the phrase means fierce, savage, cruel and ruthless. ❋ William Safire (2004)

So as he waited for the bus under the Kentucky Star sign, and as the first drops of rain fell from the sullen sky, Rob imagined the tiger on top of his suitcase, blinking his golden eyes, sitting proud and strong, unaffected by all the not-thoughts inside straining to come out. ❋ Unknown (2001)

If another word fell from McCoy's lips, Chekov didn't hear it. ❋ L.A Graf (2000)

The title fell into disuse, and the grandson of the last prince, the present _Manguiguin_, or Sultan of Mindanao, resides at Dinas. ❋ John Foreman (N/A)

What adventures here and there across the world before the title fell to him! ❋ Harold MacGrath (1901)

The infidel took the flowers, and the picture of the Virgin fell from the heart of a rose. ❋ Unknown (1888)

The lady-mother of the dead was there, broken-hearted, and Percival Montrose, to whom the title fell; and I had a fine taste of the fealty of Gaelic-folk, for kinsfolk and clansfolk took the duke's undoing as a personal affront, and put their own matters by to get some one hanged for it. ❋ Elinor Macartney Lane (1886)

The late earl died childless, at a very advanced age; and the title fell to his distant relation, Lord Banff, the father of this young man, whose estates lie away up in the north of Scotland somewhere. ❋ Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1859)

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