what does fell mean?
FELL as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of felling something (as a tree)
Hypernyms(s) fell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
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Hypernyms(s) fell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
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Hypernyms(s) fell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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FELL as VERB
- Meaning
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
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Usage Example(s)
- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers
Hypernyms(s) fell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Derived(s)
- Meaning
- sew a seam by folding the edges
Hypernyms(s) fell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- Time flies like an arrow
- Time fleeing beneath him
Hypernyms(s) fell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
FELL as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
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- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin’’s roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
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