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fell
Meaning
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- To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- To strike down, kill, destroy.
- To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛl/
Cognate with Dutch
vellen
Cognate with German
fällen
Cognate with Dutch
vel
Cognate with German
Fell
Cognate with Latin
pellis
Cognate with German
Felsen
Cognate with Dutch
fel
New
fall
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- To be moved downwards.
- To be moved downwards.
- To be moved downwards.
- To be moved downwards.
- To be moved downwards.
- (obsolete) To move downwards.
- (obsolete) To move downwards.
- To move downwards.
- To change, often negatively.
- To change, often negatively.
- To change, often negatively.
- To change, often negatively.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
- (obsolete) To bring forth.
- (obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
- To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (slang) To visit; to go to a place.
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