fell

fell: fell¹ [fel] v

the past tense of ↑fall

fell ²

fell² n [C usually plural]

a mountain or hill in the north of England

fell ³

fell³ v [T usually passive]

[: Old English; Origin: fellan; related to FALL¹]

1.) to cut down a tree

▪ More than 100 trees were felled in just over an hour.

2.) written to knock someone down with great force

▪ The goalkeeper was felled by a coin thrown from the crowd.

fell ⁴

fell⁴ adj

[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: fel, from Medieval Latin fello; FELON]

in one fell swoop also at one fell swoop BrE

doing a lot of things at the same time, using only one action

▪ A single company can close a factory, eliminating 74,000 jobs in one fell swoop.

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Synonyms:

Cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, pitiless, malignant, malign, malicious, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, Vandalic / Prostrate, level, hurl down, knock down, lay prostrate, bring to the ground / Cut down, hew down, lay low / Hem (the lap of a seam)

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Fell — (et) … Kölsch Dialekt Lexikon
Fell — Fell … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Fell — (from the Old Norse fjall , mountain ) is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Isle of Man, and parts of England.EnglandIn Northern England, especially in the Lake District and in the… … Wikipedia
Fell — Fell: Das gemeingerm. Substantiv mhd., ahd. vel, got. fill, engl. fell, schwed. fjäll »Hautschuppe« bedeutete ursprünglich »Haut« (von Mensch und Tier). Es ist verwandt mit lat. pellis »Fell, Pelz, Haut« (↑ Pelle und ↑ Pelz) und griech. pélla… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
Fell — Sn std. (8. Jh.), mhd. vel, ahd. fel Stammwort. Aus g. * fella n. Haut, Fell , auch in gt. * fill (gt. filleins ledern , gt. þrutsfill Aussatz ), anord. fjall, fell, ae. fell. Dieses aus voreinzelsprachl. * pelno n. Fell, Haut , auch in l. pellis … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fell — Fell, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in [thorn]rutsfill 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fell — Ⅰ. fell [2] ► VERB 1) cut down (a tree). 2) knock down. 3) stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat. DERIVATIVES feller noun. ORIGIN Old English, related to FALL … English terms dictionary
Fell — Fell, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fell — fell·age; fell·er; fell·ness; fell; … English syllables
fell — fell1 [fel] vi., vt. pt. of FALL fell2 [fel] vt. [ME fellen < OE fællan, fellan (< Gmc * falljan), caus. of feallan (< Gmc * fallan), FALL] 1. to cause to fall; knock down [to fell an opponent with a blow] 2. t … English World dictionary

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