fell

1 of 5

noun (1)

ˈfel

: skin, hide, pelt

: a thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide

fell

2 of 5

verb

felled; felling; fells

transitive verb

: to cut, knock, or bring down

fell a tree

: kill

Her father was felled by a heart attack.

: to sew (a seam) by folding one raw edge under the other and sewing flat on the wrong side

fellable

ˈfe-lə-bəl How to pronounce fell (audio)

adjective

feller noun

fell

3 of 5

past tense of fall

fell

4 of 5

adjective

: fierce, cruel, terrible

: sinister, malevolent

a fell purpose

: very destructive : deadly

a fell disease

Scotland : sharp, pungent

fellness noun

fell

5 of 5

noun

dialectal British

: a high barren field or moor

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fel skin, Latin pellis

Verb

Middle English, from Old English fellan; akin to Old English feallan to fall — more at fall

Adjective

Middle English fel, from Anglo-French — more at felon

Noun

Middle English, from Old Norse fell, fjall mountain; akin to Old High German felis rock

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

fells

verb

present tense third-person singular of fell

as in drops

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round

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drops
hits
downs
floors
slaps
punches
pounds
topples
prostrates
levels
knocks over
smacks
slams
pokes
bangs
knocks down
thumps
jabs
mows (down)
overthrows
whacks
knocks out
bowls (down or over)
smites
hammers
thwacks
slugs
socks
bludgeons
pastes
bashes
throws down
swipes
slogs
clobbers
belts
wallops
kayoes
whales
swats
KOs

as in mows

to bring down by cutting the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island

Synonyms & Similar Words

mows
hews
flattens
razes
bulldozes
demolishes
chops (down)
cuts (down)
tears down
levels

as in destroys

to deprive of life the quest for a cure for malaria, the disease that felled so many during the digging of the Panama Canal

Synonyms & Similar Words

destroys
kills
slays
takes
claims
dispatches
murders
croaks
wastes
does in
finishes
carries off
butchers
smites
slaughters
assassinates
gets
mows
does for
snuffs
offs
whacks
ices
annihilates
rubs out
puts away
scrags
knocks off
does away with
massacres
martyrs
takes out
neutralizes
cuts down
bumps off
executes
kills off
makes away with
decimates
suicides
terminates
blots out
puts down
euthanatizes
euthanizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

raises
revives
restores
animates
resurrects
resuscitates
nurtures

单词	fells
释义	fell 1 of 5 noun (1) ˈfel 1 : skin, hide, pelt 2 : a thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide fell 2 of 5 verb felled; felling; fells transitive verb 1 a : to cut, knock, or bring down fell a tree b : kill Her father was felled by a heart attack. 2 : to sew (a seam) by folding one raw edge under the other and sewing flat on the wrong side fellable ˈfe-lə-bəl adjective feller noun fell 3 of 5 past tense of fall fell 4 of 5 adjective 1 a : fierce, cruel, terrible b : sinister, malevolent a fell purpose c : very destructive : deadly a fell disease 2 Scotland : sharp, pungent fellness noun fell 5 of 5 noun dialectal British : a high barren field or moor Synonyms Verb bowl (down or over) down drop floor knock down knock over level mow (down) prostrate Adjective baleful deadly deathly fatal killer lethal mortal murderous pestilent terminal vital See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb using an ax to fell a tree He's strong enough to fell an ox. Adjective planning for the distribution of resources in case of some fell event war crimes committed by a fell and barbarous enemy Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fel skin, Latin pellis Verb Middle English, from Old English fellan; akin to Old English feallan to fall — more at fall Adjective Middle English fel, from Anglo-French — more at felon Noun Middle English, from Old Norse fell, fjall mountain; akin to Old High German felis rock First Known Use Noun (1) before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing fell fell into the habit in/at one fell swoop fell silent fell into the habit in/at one fell swoop fell silent Kids Definition fell 1 of 2 verb ˈfel felled; felling : to cut or knock down I felled a tree. fell 2 of 2 past tense of fall fells verb present tense third-person singular of fell 1 as in drops to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance drops hits downs floors slaps punches pounds topples prostrates levels knocks over smacks slams pokes bangs knocks down thumps jabs mows (down) overthrows whacks knocks out bowls (down or over) smites hammers thwacks slugs socks bludgeons pastes bashes throws down swipes slogs clobbers belts wallops kayoes whales swats KOs 2 as in mows to bring down by cutting the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island Synonyms & Similar Words mows hews flattens razes bulldozes demolishes chops (down) cuts (down) tears down levels 3 as in destroys to deprive of life the quest for a cure for malaria, the disease that felled so many during the digging of the Panama Canal Synonyms & Similar Words destroys kills slays takes claims dispatches murders croaks wastes does in finishes carries off butchers smites slaughters assassinates gets mows does for snuffs offs whacks ices annihilates rubs out puts away scrags knocks off does away with massacres martyrs takes out neutralizes cuts down bumps off executes kills off makes away with decimates suicides terminates blots out puts down euthanatizes euthanizes Antonyms & Near Antonyms raises revives restores animates resurrects resuscitates nurtures See More
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