Usually means: Cut down, as in trees.
Definitions [Related words] [Phrases(New!) ] [Mentions] [Lyrics] [History] [Colors(New!) ]
We found 38 dictionaries that define the word fell:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. fell: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. fell, fell, fell, fell, fell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fell, fell, fell, fell, fell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fell: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fell, fell: Wordnik
  7. fell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Fell, fell: Wiktionary
  9. fell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fell: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fell, fell: Dictionary.com
  13. fell (adj.), fell (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. fell: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Fell (bei Trier), Fell (comics), Fell (disambiguation), Fell (novel), Fell (pony), Fell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Fell: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. fell: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. fell: Rhymezone
  19. fell: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. fell: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Fell: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. fell: Free Dictionary
  23. fell: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. fell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Fell, fell: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  26. fell: Dictionary/thesaurus
  27. fell: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fell (landform), fell: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fell (landform), fell: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. fell: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. FELL: Acronym Finder
  2. fell: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fell: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See fellable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
verb:  (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
verb:  (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
noun:  A cutting-down of timber.
noun:  The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
noun:  (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
noun:  An animal skin, hide, pelt.
noun:  Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
noun:  (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
noun:  (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.
adjective:  Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
adjective:  (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
adjective:  (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
adjective:  (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
adverb:  Sharply; fiercely.
noun:  (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.
noun:  (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  Short for Fell pony. [A pony of a versatile working mountain and moorland breed originating on Cumberland and Westmorland farms of northwest England.]

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    charcoal,     smoke,     gunmetal,     onyx,     ebony,     jet,     midnight



Word origin

Words similar to fell

Usage examples for fell

Idioms related to fell

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing fell

Popular nouns described by fell

Words that often appear near fell

Rhymes of fell

Invented words related to fell

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    charcoal,     smoke,     gunmetal,     onyx,     ebony,     jet,     midnight



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out fell 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!