Fell
[fel] or [fɛl]
Definition
(noun.) the act of felling something (as a tree).
(noun.) seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges.
(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.
Typist: Toni--From WordNet
Definition
(imp.) of Fall
(-) imp. of Fall.
(a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
(a.) Eager; earnest; intent.
(a.) Gall; anger; melancholy.
(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.
(n.) A wild field; a moor.
(v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
(n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
(v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
(n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
(n.) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, Vandalic.
v. a. [1]. Prostrate, level, bring to the ground.[2]. Cut down, hew down.[3]. Hem (the lap of a seam).
Edited by Julius
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cruel, barbarous, inhuman, savage, bloody, direful, merciless, pitiless,ruthless, remorseless, relentless, fierce, truculent
ANT:Generous, chivalrous, humane, lenient, propitious
SYN:Cut, level, prostrate, demolish, subvert, waste, bare
ANT:Plant, erect, support, propagate, stock, upraise, rear
Checked by Adrienne
Definition
adj. cruel: fierce: bloody: deadly: keen eager spirited: (Scot.) very great huge.—adj. Fell′-lurking (Shak.) lurking with treacherous purpose.—n. Fell′ness.—adv. Fell′y.
n. (Spens.) anger melancholy.
n. a barren hill.
n. a skin.—n. Fell′monger a dealer in skins.
pa.t. of Fall.
v.t. to cause to fall: to bring to the ground: to cut down.—adj. Fell′able.—n. Fell′er a cutter of wood.
Typist: Shelby
Examples
- Listlessness to everything, but brooding sorrow, was the night that fell on my undisciplined heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Livius got out of the carriage, and picked the man up, to ascertain that he was alive, as he fell without uttering a groan. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Chloe's countenance fell. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The attack was made and many shots fell within the fort, creating some consternation, as we now know. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She fell asleep, hoping for some brightness, either internal or external. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I opened my mouth to scream, but he struck me a savage blow with his fist over the eye, and felled me to the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- To supply this number of sleepers, 300,000 trees were felled, the growth of which would require little less than 5,000 acres of forest land. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Friar bared his brawny arm up to the elbow, and putting his full strength to the blow, gave the Knight a buffet that might have felled an ox. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The forests were felled, and the tree-tops removed and made into charcoal for use in the glass works of Bohemia. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There they were yonder, by the felled tree. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The bayou was grown up with timber, which the enemy had felled into the ditch. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I have lain in prison for security, with the place of my confinement kept a secret, lest I should be torn out of it and felled by a hundred blows. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My first real knowledge of myself was as an unprotected orphan among the valleys and fells of Cumberland. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The rebels had obstructed the navigation of Yazoo Pass and the Coldwater by felling trees into them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Squarely among them it fell, striking one of the warriors full upon the head and felling him to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- That crash was like the felling of great trees. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She began by felling my horse. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Edited by Adela