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Meaning of 'fell'
Meaning of 'fell' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Fell 
- imp. of Fall. 2. Fell [ a.]
- Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. [ a.]- Eager; earnest; intent.
- Gall; anger; melancholy.
3. Fell [ imp.]
- of Fall [ imp.]4. Fell [ n.]
- A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt;
-- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. [ n.]- A barren or rocky hill.
- A wild field; a moor.
- The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
- A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
- The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
5. Fell [ v. i.]
- To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the
ground; to cut down. [ v. i.]6. Fell [ v. t.]
- To sew or hem; -- said of seams. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'fell' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. fell [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Example in sentence:
- Lightning struck down the hikers;
- strike down a tree
Meaning (2):
- pass away rapidly
- pass away rapidly
Example in sentence:
- Time fleeing beneath him;
- Time flies like an arrow
2. fell [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Example in sentence:
- a barbarous crime;
- a savage slap;
- brutal beatings;
- cruel tortures;
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks;
- vicious kicks
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