FELL


Meaning of FELL in English

fell 1

/fel/ , v.

pt. of fall .

fell 2

/fel/ , v.t.

1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree.

2. Sewing. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.

n.

3. Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.

4. Sewing. a seam finished by felling.

[ bef. 900; ME fellen, OE fellan, causative of feallan to FALL; c. Goth falljan to cause to fall ]

fell 3

— fellness , n.

/fel/ , adj.

1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.

2. destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease.

3. at or in one fell swoop . See swoop (def. 5).

[ 1250-1300; ME fel felon wicked. See FELON ]

fell 4

/fel/ , n.

the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.

[ bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D vel, G Fell, ON -fjall (in berfjall bear-skin), Goth -fill (in thrutsfill scab-skin, leprosy); akin to L pellis skin, hide ]

fell 5

/fel/ , n. Scot. and North Eng.

an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.

[ 1300-50; ME fell, fjall hill, mountain, akin to G Felsen rock, cliff ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .