Definition of "fell" in İngilizce

verb

1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

2. (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.

3. (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

noun

1. A cutting-down of timber.

2. 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.

3. (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

noun

1. An animal skin, hide, pelt.

2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

noun

1. (geography) High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.

2. (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.

3. (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.

adjective

1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

   • one fell swoop

2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.

4. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.

adverb

1. Sharply; fiercely.

noun

1. (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.

noun

1. (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

verb

1. simple past of fall

2. (now colloquial) past participle of fall