English adjective: fell | |||
1. | fell (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | ||
Samples | A barbarous crime. Brutal beatings. Cruel tortures. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks. A savage slap. Vicious kicks. | ||
Synonyms | barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious | ||
Similar | inhumane | ||
Antonyms | humane | ||
English noun: fell | |||
1. | fell (substance) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | ||
Synonyms | hide | ||
Broader (hypernym) | animal skin | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cowhide, goatskin, rawhide | ||
2. | fell (artifact) seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges | ||
Synonyms | felled seam | ||
Broader (hypernym) | seam | ||
3. | fell (act) the act of felling something (as a tree) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill, killing, putting to death | ||
English verb: fell | |||
1. | fell (contact) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | ||
Samples | Strike down a tree. Lightning struck down the hikers. | ||
Examples | They fell the trees | ||
Synonyms | cut down, drop, strike down | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chop down, cut, log, lumber, poleax, poleaxe | ||
Cause | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
2. | fell (motion) pass away rapidly | ||
Samples | Time flies like an arrow. Time fleeing beneath him. | ||
Synonyms | fly, vanish | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by | ||
Verb group | fly, vanish, vaporize | ||
3. | fell (contact) sew a seam by folding the edges | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | run up, sew, sew together, stitch | ||