verb simple past tense of fall . verb (used with object) to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall : to fell a moose; to fell a tree. Sewing to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
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noun Lumbering the amount of timber cut down in one season.
Sewing a seam finished by felling.
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Origin of fell 2 before 900; Middle English fellen, Old English fellan, causative of
feallan to
fall ; cognate with
Gothic falljan to cause to fall
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Related Words for felled shoot ,
tumble ,
drop ,
flatten ,
slash ,
raze ,
rive ,
gash ,
cleave ,
cut ,
level ,
floor ,
demolish ,
down ,
hew ,
split ,
sunder ,
hack ,
prostrate ,
mangle Examples from the Web for felled Contemporary Examples of felled To make room for these plantations, vast areas of rainforest are felled , which leads to primary and secondary loss of species.
Was the majority leader a martyr for his party, felled by the revolution he led?
If Conyers doesn't make the ballot, he would be the second Michigan incumbent to be felled by these issues in the past two years.
The guns raised in unison, the sighting of the game, the rounds of shots, the thud as a prey is felled , and then the silence.
Anyone who had been part of that now felled system had wisely run for the hills.
Historical Examples of felled Then he dealt him a straight blow in the face that felled him like an ox.
And of a sudden he struck a blow at the youth that might have felled an ox.
The apse, the last pillars, the giant piers themselves were felled !
Dennis dealt him a blow upon the face which felled him to the ground.
It reminded her of the day when he had felled Jacob Trenager.
British Dictionary definitions for felled verb (tr) to cut or knock down to fell a tree ; to fell an opponent
needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
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noun US and Canadian the timber felled in one season
a seam finished by felling
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Derived Forms fellable , adjective Word Origin for fell Old English fellan ; related to Old Norse fella , Old High German fellen ; see fall
adjective archaic cruel or fierce; terrible
archaic destructive or deadly a fell disease
one fell swoop a single hasty action or occurrence
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Derived Forms fellness , noun Word Origin for fell C13 fel , from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin fellō villain; see felon 1
Word Origin for fell Old English; related to Old High German fel skin, Old Norse berfjall bearskin, Latin pellis skin; see peel 1
noun (often plural) Northern English and Scot a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor (in combination ) fell-walking Show More
Word Origin for fell C13: from Old Norse fjall ; related to Old High German felis rock
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Word Origin and History for felled n.1 "rocky hill," c.1300, from Old Norse fiall "mountain," from Proto-Germanic *felzam- "rock" (cf. German Fels "stone, rock"), from PIE root *pel(i)s- "rock, cliff."
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v.2 Old English feoll ; past tense of fall (v.).
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n.2 "skin or hide of an animal," Old English fel , from Proto-Germanic *fellom- (cf. Old Frisian fel , Old Saxon fel , Dutch vel , Old High German fel , German fell , Old Norse fiall , Gothic fill ), from PIE *pello- (see film (n.)).
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v.1 Old English fællan (Mercian), fyllan (West Saxon) "make fall, cause to fall," also "strike down, demolish, kill," from Proto-Germanic *fallijanan (cf. Old Frisian falla , Old Saxon fellian , Dutch fellen , Old High German fellen , German fällen , Old Norse fella , Danish fælde ), causative of *fallan (Old English feallan , see fall (v.)), showing i-mutation . Related: Felled ; feller ; felling .
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adj. "cruel," late 13c., from Old French fel "cruel, fierce, vicious," from Medieval Latin fello "villain" (see felon ). Phrase at one fell swoop is from "Macbeth."
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