fell

IPA: fˈɛɫ

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.]

(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.

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.

Examples of "fell" in Sentences

In the moment, the name fell from my lips—Maisie.
The whole amazing war happened while sheets of rain fell from the sky.
His expression fell away, leaving his face a blank as the reality bit in.
The Consumer Prices Index fell 0.2% last month - i.e. prices actually *fell*, not merely the inflation rate.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.