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fell

1

[ fel ]

verb

  1. simple past tense of fall.

fell

2

[ fel ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a tree.

    to fell a moose;

    to fell a tree.

  2. Sewing. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.

noun

  1. Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
  2. Sewing. a seam finished by felling.

fell

3

[ fel ]

adjective

  2. fell poison;

    fell disease.

fell

4

[ fel ]

noun

Chiefly Literary.
  1. the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.

fell

5

[ fel ]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.

fell

1

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. to cut or knock down

    to fell a tree

    to fell an opponent

  2. needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
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noun

  1. the timber felled in one season
  2. a seam finished by felling
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fell

2

/ ɛ /

adjective

  1. archaic.
    cruel or fierce; terrible
  2. archaic.
    destructive or deadly

    a fell disease

  3. one fell swoop
    a single hasty action or occurrence
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fell

3

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. the past tense of fall
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fell

4

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. an animal skin or hide
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fell

5

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. often plural
    1. a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor
    2. ( in combination )

      fell-walking

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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱ, adjective
  • ˈڱԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڱ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fell1

First recorded before 900; Middle English fellen, fillen, fullen, Old English fellan, fyllan “to cut, cut down, destroy, shed (tears),” causative of feallan “to fall, fall down”; cognate with Gothic falljan, Old Frisian falla, fella, Old High German fellen, German ä “to make fall”; fall

Origin of fell2

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English fel “treacherous, deceitful, false,” from Old French, nominative of felon “w”; felon 1

Origin of fell3

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English fel(l); cognate with Dutch vel, German Fell, Old Norse -fjall (as in berfjall “b𲹰쾱”), Gothic -fill (in thrutsfill “leprosy,” literally “scab skin”); akin to Latin pellis “skin, hide,” Greek éŧ “small, light, leather-covered shield”

Origin of fell4

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English fel “hill, mountain; upland or pasture; a moor or down”; from Old Norse fjall, -fell, “hill, mountain,” akin to German Fels “rock, cliff”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fell1

Old English fellan ; related to Old Norse fella , Old High German fellen ; see fall

Origin of fell2

C13 fel , from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin ڱō villain; see felon 1

Origin of fell3

Old English; related to Old High German fel skin, Old Norse berfjall bearskin, Latin pellis skin; see peel 1

Origin of fell4

C13: from Old Norse fjall ; related to Old High German felis rock
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. at / in one fell swoop. swoop ( def 5 ).

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Chinouriri was booked for the tour after Carpenter fell in love with her song All I Ever Asked and started playing it as her walk-on music in the US.

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The stock market fell most in the US.

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The S&P 500 ended the week with a loss of 9.1% after it fell again on Friday.

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Nike's shares fell 14% the day after the tariffs announcement, on fears over the impact they could have on the company's supply chain.

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As a result, the Dodgers’ perfect start to the season fell two wins shy of the all-time franchise record of 10-0, set by the 1955 “Boys of Summer” World Series squad.

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