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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 | ||
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