What is "fell" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fell mean in English? Meaning of fell definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fell" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fell": the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Noun

  • Meaning: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
  • Synonyms: fell hide
  • Hyponyms: cowhide goatskin rawhide
  • Hypernyms: animal skin
  • Meaning of "fell": cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

    Verb

  • Meaning: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
  • Example: strike down a tree Lightning struck down the hikers
  • Synonyms: cut down drop fell strike down
  • Hyponyms: chop down cut log lumber poleax poleaxe
  • Hypernyms: cut
  • Meaning of "fell": (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  • Example: a barbarous crime brutal beatings cruel tortures Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks a savage slap vicious kicks
  • Synonyms: barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage vicious
  • Similar: inhumane
  • Meaning of "fell": seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

    Noun

  • Meaning: seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
  • Synonyms: fell felled seam
  • Hypernyms: seam
  • Meaning of "fell": pass away rapidly

    Verb

  • Meaning: pass away rapidly
  • Example: Time flies like an arrow Time fleeing beneath him
  • Synonyms: fell fly vanish
  • Hypernyms: elapse glide by go along go by lapse pass slide by slip away slip by
  • Meaning of "fell": the act of felling something (as a tree)

    Noun

  • Meaning: the act of felling something (as a tree)
  • Synonyms: fell
  • Hypernyms: kill killing putting to death
  • Meaning of "fell": sew a seam by folding the edges

    Verb

  • Meaning: sew a seam by folding the edges
  • Synonyms: fell
  • Hypernyms: run up sew sew together stitch
  • Adjective: (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. Shakespeare Stand, or I'll fell thee down. 2011 October 2, Aled Williams, “Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke”, BBC Sport Wales: Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.Shakespeare Stand, or I'll fell thee down.2011 October 2, Aled Williams, “Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke”, BBC Sport Wales: Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.To strike down, kill, destroy. 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars[1], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010: Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had felled. 2010 September 27, Christina Passariello, “Prodos Capital, Samsung Make Final Cut for Ferré”, Wall Street Journal, accessed on 2012-08-26: … could make Ferré the first major fashion label felled by the economic crisis to come out the other end of restructuring.1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars[1], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010: Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that Gahan's eyes chanced to return to the figure of the creature the fugitive had felled. 2010 September 27, Christina Passariello, “Prodos Capital, Samsung Make Final Cut for Ferré”, Wall Street Journal, accessed on 2012-08-26: … could make Ferré the first major fashion label felled by the economic crisis to come out the other end of restructuring.(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat. 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296: To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296: To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
  • Synonyms:

    shoot, tumble, drop, flatten, slash, raze, rive, gash, cleave, cut, level, floor, demolish, down, hew, split, sunder, hack, prostrate, mangle, dash, sever, ground, bowl over, bring down, cut down, pull down, shoot down, blow down, cause to fall, knock down, knock over, lay low, mow down, strike down, throw down,

    Antonyms:

    unite, construct, combine, aid, assist, erect, raise, join, build, help,

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