fell (n.)

  1. the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

    [ Syn: hide ]

  2. seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

    [ Syn: felled seam ]

  3. the act of felling something (as a tree)

    fell (adj.)

  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalins roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks

    [ Syn: barbarous , brutal , cruel , roughshod , savage , vicious ]

    fell (v.)

  1. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; strike down a tree; Lightning struck down the hikers

    [ Syn: drop , strike down , cut down ]

  2. pass away rapidly; Time flies like an arrow; Time fleeing beneath him

    [ Syn: fly , vanish ]

  3. sew a seam by folding the edges

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