fell

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
2. (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
3. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

Noun

1. A cutting-down of timber.
2. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
3. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Noun

1. An animal skin, hide, pelt.
2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

Noun

1. (Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.
2. (Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.

Adj

1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Very large; huge.
4. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.

Adv

Sharply; fiercely.

Noun

Anger; gall; melancholy.

Noun

The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

fall

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Synonyms

cut down

bring down

cut

throw down

chop down

knock down

chop

cruel

hide

barbarous

mutilate

brutal

fly

✈️

fall

strike down

vicious

mountain

⛰️

savage

drop

knock over

throw

felled seam

overcome

cut off

upset

push over

snap off

topple

vanish

down

skin

overpower

roughshod

hill

hew

defeat

canopy

cut up

bulldoze

heinous

hackle

curtail

bag

appalling

hack

ghastly

cover

hash

#️⃣

frightful

come down

Translations

fällen

abattre

talar

faire tomber

abbattere

derribar

schlagen

vellen

tumbar

abatir

cortar

atterrare

mutilare

verstümmeln

abschneiden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fellen

Inherited from Old English: fellan

Cognate with Dutch: vellen

Cognate with German: fällen

Cognate with Danish: fælde

Cognate with Norwegian: felle

Inherited from Middle English: fell

Inherited from Old English: fel

Cognate with Western Frisian: fel

Cognate with Dutch: vel

Cognate with German: Fell

Cognate with Latin: pellis

Cognate with Lithuanian: plėnė

Cognate with Russian: плена́

Cognate with Albanian: plah

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πέλλᾱς

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: fjell

Cognate with Danish: fjeld

Cognate with German: Felsen

Cognate with Middle Low German: vels

Cognate with Irish: aill

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πέλλα

Cognate with Pashto: پرښه

Cognate with Sanskrit: पाषाण

Inherited from Middle English: fel

Inherited from Old English: *fel

Cognate with Old Frisian: fal

Cognate with Middle Dutch: fel

Cognate with Danish: fæl

Cognate with Middle High German: vālant

Cognate with Dutch: fel

In summary

From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-.
Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”).

Sentences

He has been doing so ever since it fell dark .

A large piece suddenly came off and fell with a loud and sharp noise .

He fell asleep , and when he awoke the sun was already high .

Night fell , and an assortment of fighting men and merchants entered and exited the tent .