fells

[fell]

Something that has been felled has been brought down, like a tree that has been felled by a powerful storm.

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imp. of Fall.

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

Noun
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

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

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Verb
pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

Adjective S.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin''s roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"


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.


Fell

Fell , imp. of Fall.

Fell

Fell, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. Felon.] 1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.]
I am so fell to my business.

Fell

Fell, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.]
Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.

Fell

Fell, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in 'edrutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. . Cf. Film, Peel, Pell, n.] A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.

Fell

Fell , n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj'84ll a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.] 1. A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray. 2. A wild field; a moor. Dryton.

Fell

Fell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Felling.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f'84llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f'84lla, Dan. f'91lde. See Fall, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Stand, or I'll fell thee down.

Fell

Fell, n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Fell

Fell, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. f'86ll a hem.] To sew or hem; -- said of seams.

Fell

Fell, n. 1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses. 2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

imp. of Fall.

Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

Gall; anger; melancholy.

A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

A barren or rocky hill.

To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

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

To sew or hem; -- said of seams.

A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

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Usage Examples

I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.

I fell in love with Erica Kane the summer before my freshman year of high school. Like all red-blooded teen American boys, I'd come home from water polo practice and eat a box of Entenmann's Pop'Ems donut holes in front of the TV while obsessively fawning over 'All My Children' and Erica, her clothes, and her narcissistic attitude.

Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool.

'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind of like, 'Oh, that would be really cool,' and not really thinking too much about it, and then it came through my agency. I read it, I fell in love with the script and I went in to audition.

As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

As the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation.

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.

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Other Usage Examples

Back in 2004, Kellie Overbey handed me her play 'Girl Talk' to read. I fell in love with her brutally delicious humor and the fearlessly deft way in which she drew her characters. They jumped off the page and begged me to give them a space in which to stomp around.

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic.

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking, I think 'Camp' was incredible, but it was so bizarre, and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

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