fell
IPA: fˈɛɫ
noun
- 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.
- (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- An animal skin, hide, pelt.
- Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
- (archaic outside UK) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
- (archaic outside UK) A wild field or upland moor.
- (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.
- (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
- A surname.
- Short for Fell pony. [A pony of a versatile working mountain and moorland breed originating on Cumberland and Westmorland farms of northwest England.]
verb
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
adjective
- Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
- (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
adverb
- Sharply; fiercely.
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Examples of "fell" in Sentences
- Sydney fell on the sludge.
- The people fell into dolor.
- He almost fell into the purl.
- The balloon fell to the ground.
- The tank fell into the quagmire.
- The flop came and the turn fell.
- I fell in love with the arpeggio.
- One of the pirates fell overboard.
- The blue and the gray fell everywhere.
- The city fell in the April of that year.
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