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Meaning and definition for "fell" word
[noun] seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
[noun] the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
[adjective] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
[verb] cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
[verb] sew a seam by folding the edges
[verb] pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
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\Fell\, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. {Felon}.] 1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. --Shak. 2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. --Pepys.
\Fell\, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. --Spenser.
\Fell\, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in [thorn]rutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. ?. Cf. {Film}, {Peel}, {Pell}, n.] A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. --Shak.
\Fell\, n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj["a]ll a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.] 1. A barren or rocky hill. --T. Gray. 2. A wild field; a moor. --Dryton.
\Fell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Felling}.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f["a]llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f["a]lla, Dan. f[ae]lde. See {Fall}, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. --Shak.
\Fell\, n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
\Fell\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. f[*a]ll a hem.] To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
\Fell\, n. 1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses. 2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Synonyms for fell
barbarous, brutal, cruel, cut down, drop, felled seam, fly, hide, inhumane, roughshod, savage, strike down, vanish, vicious
See also: animal skin | chop down | come down | cowhide | cut | descend | elapse | fall | glide by | go along | go by | go down | goatskin | kill | killing | lapse | log | lumber | pass | poleax | poleaxe | putting to death | rawhide | run up | seam | sew | sew together | slide by | slip away | slip by | stitch |
Related terms: break, bulldoze, cast down, charge, chop down, coastal plain, cruel-hearted, dangerous, dreadful, fiendlike, fleece, floor, formidable, grade, gun for, heath, horrible, imitation fur, infernal, mesa, pampa, plateau, quell, salt marsh, salt pan, smash, trip, tumble, whack down, wolfish
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Let's analyse "fell" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LLEF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1180 milliseconds. [info]
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fell: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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