fell
fell is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 11 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak.
- 2.Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. Pepys.
- 3.Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. Spenser.
- 4.A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak.
- 5.A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray.
- 6.A wild field; a moor. Dryton.
- 7.To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak.
- 8.The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
- 9.To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
- 10.(Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
- 11.(Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abase
- abasement
- about
- accubation
- accumbent
- all
- alluvial
- area
- away
- azimuth
- back
- beam
- bend
- billiard
- blink
- bob
- bow
- bowling
- breath
- bring
- butte
- calm
- cast
- concavity
- couch
- couchant
- courtesy
- cower
- cricket
- croquet
- crouch
- curtsy
- cut
- dash
- dead
- debase
- decumbence
- decumbency
- decumbent
- depress
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is fell.
- What is cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak called?
- What is eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. Pepys called?
- What is gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. Spenser called?
- What is a skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak called?
- What is to cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak called?
- What is the finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting called?
- What is a form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses called?
- What is the end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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