fell  /fɛl/

noun

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

synset: hide, fell

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

synset: fell, felled_seam

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

synset: fell

verb

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

synset: fell, drop, strike_down, cut_down

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

synset: fly, fell, vanish

3. sew a seam by folding the edges

synset: fell

adj

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

synset: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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