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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fell1 /fɛl/USA pronunciation v. - pt. of fall.
fell2 /fɛl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down;
cause to fall:to fell a tree. fell3 /fɛl/USA pronunciation adj. - fierce;
cruel; deadly:a fell disease. Idioms- Idioms at or in one fell swoop, all at once or all together, as if by a single blow:The tornado leveled the houses in one fell swoop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fell1 (fel),USA pronunciation v. - pt. of fall.
fell2 (fel),USA pronunciation v.t. - Clothingto knock, strike, shoot, or cut down;
cause to fall:to fell a moose; to fell a tree. - Clothing[Sewing.]to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
n. - [Lumbering.]the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- Clothing[Sewing.]a seam finished by felling.
- bef. 900; Middle English fellen, Old English fellan, causative of feallan to fall; cognate with Gothic falljan to cause to fall
fell3 (fel),USA pronunciation adj. - fierce;
cruel; dreadful; savage. - destructive;
deadly:fell poison; fell disease. - Idioms at or in one fell swoop. See swoop (def. 5).
- Old French, nominative of felon wicked. See felon
- Middle English fel 1250–1300
fell′ness, n. fell4 (fel),USA pronunciation n. - the skin or hide of an animal;
pelt.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch vel, German Fell, Old Norse -fjall (in berfjall bear-skin), Gothic -fill (in thrutsfill scab-skin, leprosy); akin to Latin pellis skin, hide
fell5 (fel),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]- Scottish Termsan upland pasture, moor, or thicket;
a highland plateau.
- Old Norse fell, fjall hill, mountain, akin to German Felsen rock, cliff
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Felling /ˈfɛlɪŋ/ n - a town in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear; formerly noted for coal mining. Pop: 34 196 (2001)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fell /fɛl/ vb (transitive)- to cut or knock down: to fell a tree, to fell an opponent
- to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
n - US Canadian the timber felled in one season
- a seam finished by felling
Etymology: Old English fellan; related to Old Norse fella, Old High German fellen; see fall fell /fɛl/ adj - archaic cruel or fierce; terrible
- archaic destructive or deadly
- one fell swoop ⇒ a single hasty action or occurrence
Etymology: 13th Century fel, from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin fellō villain; see felon1 fell /fɛl/ vb - the past tense of fall
fell /fɛl/ n - an animal skin or hide
Etymology: Old English; related to Old High German fel skin, Old Norse berfjall bearskin, Latin pellis skin; see peel1 fell /fɛl/ n - (often plural) Northern English Scot a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor
- (in combination): fell-walking
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse fjall; related to Old High German felis rock |