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Definition fell

Etymology 1

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-Germanic *fallijan? (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallan? (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p?l- (“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”).

Verb

fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)

  1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
  2. (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
  3. (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
Noun
  1. (archaic outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
  2. (archaic outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.

Etymology 4

From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”), Middle High German v?lant (“imp”). See felon.

Adjective

fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)

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

fell (comparative more fell, superlative most fell)

  1. Sharply; fiercely.

Etymology 5

From Latin fel (“gall, poison, bitterness”)? (Stem is fell-.)

Noun

fell (uncountable)

  1. Anger; gall; melancholy.

Etymology 6

Noun

fell

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

Etymology 7

Verb

fell

  1. simple past tense of fall

Results 359 Words with the letters FELL

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9 letter words with the letters FELL 
8 letter words with the letters FELL 
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6 letter words with the letters FELL 
BEFALL 14
BEFELL 14
FAILLE 11
FALLEN 12
FALLER 11
FELLAH 13
FELLAS 11
FELLED 12
FELLER 11
FELLOE 11
FELLOW 14
FILLED 12
FILLER 11
FILLES 11
FILLET 11
FOLLES 11
FULLED 13
FULLER 12
LIEFLY 13
REFALL 11
REFELL 11
REFILL 11
5 letter words with the letters FELL 
FELLA 10
FELLS 10
FELLY 12
FILLE 10
4 letter words with the letters FELL 
FELL 9
3 letter words with the letters FELL 
ELF 7
ELL 5
2 letter words with the letters FELL 
EF 5
EL 3
FE 5

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