Fell meaning

What does “fell” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“fell” is a noun, verb and adjective with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).

fell

noun

  1. the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

    Synonymshide
  2. seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

    Synonymsfelled seam
  3. the act of felling something (as a tree)

verb

  1. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

    “strike down a tree”

    “Lightning struck down the hikers”

  2. pass away rapidly

    “Time flies like an arrow”

    “Time fleeing beneath him”

    Synonymsflyvanish
  3. sew a seam by folding the edges

adjective

  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

    “a barbarous crime”

    “brutal beatings”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University