fell: Meaning and Definition of

fell

Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— v.
  1. pt. of

fell

Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— v.t.
  1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree.
  2. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
—n.
  1. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
  2. a seam finished by felling.

fell

Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— adj.
  1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.
  2. destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease.
  3. See(def. 5).

fell

Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— n.
  1. the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.

fell

Pronunciation: (fel), [key]
— n. Scot. and North Eng.
  1. an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.
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