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Fell
A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, “mountain”) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain range or moor-covered hills. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, the Isle of Man, parts of Northern England, and Scotland.
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Fell (verb)
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
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Fell (verb)
To strike down, kill, destroy.
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Fell (verb)
To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
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Fell (noun)
A cutting-down of timber.
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Fell (noun)
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.
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Fell (noun)
The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
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Fell (noun)
An animal skin, hide, pelt.
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Fell (noun)
Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
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Fell (noun)
A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
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Fell (noun)
A wild field or upland moor.
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Fell (noun)
Gall; anger; melancholy.
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Fell (adjective)
Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
“one fell swoop”
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Fell (adjective)
Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
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Fell (adjective)
Very large; huge.
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Fell (adjective)
Eager; earnest; intent.
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Fell (adverb)
Sharply; fiercely.
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Fall (noun)
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
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Fall (noun)
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
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Fall (noun)
The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. from 16th c.
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Fall (noun)
A loss of greatness or status.
“the fall of Rome”
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Fall (noun)
That which falls or cascades.
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Fall (noun)
A crucial event or circumstance.
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Fall (noun)
The action of a batsman being out.
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Fall (noun)
A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
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Fall (noun)
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
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Fall (noun)
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
“He set up his rival to take the fall.”
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Fall (noun)
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
“Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.”
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Fall (noun)
See falls
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Fall (noun)
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
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Fall (noun)
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
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Fall (verb)
To move downwards.
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Fall (verb)
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
“Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.”
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Fall (verb)
To come down, to drop or descend.
“The rain fell at dawn.”
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Fall (verb)
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
“He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.”
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Fall (verb)
To be moved downwards.
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Fall (verb)
To be brought to the ground.
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Fall (verb)
To let fall; to drop.
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Fall (verb)
To sink; to depress.
“to fall the voice”
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Fall (verb)
To happen, to change negatively.
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Fall (verb)
To fell; to cut down.
“to fall a tree”
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Fall (verb)
To become.
“She has fallen ill.”
“The children fell asleep in the back of the car.”
“When did you first fall in love?”
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Fall (verb)
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
“Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.”
“Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.”
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Fall (verb)
To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
“Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.”
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Fall (verb)
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
“This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.”
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Fall (verb)
To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
“The candidate’s poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.”
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Fall (verb)
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
“And so it falls to me to make this important decision.”
“The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.”
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Fall (verb)
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
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Fall (verb)
To bring forth.
“to fall lambs”
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Fall (verb)
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
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Fall (verb)
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
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Fall (verb)
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
“to fall into error;”
“to fall into difficulties”
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Fall (verb)
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
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Fall (verb)
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
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Fall (verb)
To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
“After arguing, they fell to blows.”
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Fall (verb)
To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
“An unguarded expression fell from his lips.”
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Fell (verb)
cut down (a tree)
“33 million trees are felled each day”
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Fell (verb)
knock down
“Whitlock felled him with one punch”
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Fell (verb)
stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat
“a flat-felled seam”
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Fell (noun)
an amount of timber cut.
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Fell (noun)
a hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England
“Cross Fell”
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Fell (noun)
an animal’s hide or skin with its hair.
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Fell (adjective)
of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly
“the fell disease that was threatening her sister”
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Fall (verb)
move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control
“my purse fell out of my bag”
“bombs could be seen falling from the planes”
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Fall (verb)
become detached and drop to the ground
“my sunglasses fell off and broke on the pavement”
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Fall (verb)
hang down
“hair that was allowed to fall to the shoulders”
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Fall (verb)
(of land) slope downwards
“the land fell away in a steep bank”
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Fall (verb)
(of a river) flow or discharge itself into
“this is the stream that falls into Gaping Gill on the moor above”
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Fall (verb)
(of someone’s eyes or glance) be directed downwards
“Albert’s eyes fell, and he blushed”
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Fall (verb)
(of someone’s face) show dismay or disappointment by appearing to droop
“her face fell as she thought about her life with George”
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Fall (verb)
(of a person) lose one’s balance and collapse
“I felt so dizzy that I fell over”
“he stumbled, tripped, and fell”
“she fell down at school today”
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Fall (verb)
throw oneself to the ground
“she fell to her knees and began to weep”
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Fall (verb)
(of a tree or structure) collapse to the ground
“after the earthquake, part of the city fell down”
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Fall (verb)
(of computer hardware or software) stop working suddenly; crash
“the program fell over once when I clicked on the wrong control”
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Fall (verb)
decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
“we’re worried that standards are falling”
“imports fell by 12 per cent”
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Fall (verb)
(of a measuring instrument) show a lower reading
“the barometer had fallen a further ten points”
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Fall (verb)
(in sport) play less well
“when he faded the whole team fell away”
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Fall (verb)
be captured or defeated
“their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack”
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Fall (verb)
(of a wicket) be taken by the bowling side
“more wickets fell”
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Fall (verb)
die in battle
“an English leader who had fallen at the hands of the Danes”
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Fall (verb)
(of a government or leader) lose office or be overthrown.
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Fall (verb)
yield to temptation
“it is their husbands’ fault if wives do fall”
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Fall (verb)
pass into a specified state, situation, or position
“she fell pregnant”
“many of the buildings fell into disrepair”
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Fall (verb)
occur or take place
“her birthday fell on May Day”
“when night fell we crawled back to our lines”
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Fall (verb)
begin to do something
“he fell to musing about how it had happened”
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Fall (verb)
be drawn accidentally into
“you must not fall into this common error”
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Fall (verb)
be classified in the way specified
“canals fall within the Minister’s brief”
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Fall (noun)
an act of falling or collapsing
“his mother had a fall as she alighted from a train”
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Fall (noun)
a controlled act of falling, especially as a stunt or in martial arts
“rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt”
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Fall (noun)
a move which pins the opponent’s shoulders on the ground for a count of three.
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Fall (noun)
a downward difference in height between parts of a surface
“at the corner of the massif this fall is interrupted by other heights of considerable stature”
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Fall (noun)
a thing which falls or has fallen
“in October came the first fall of snow”
“a rock fall”
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Fall (noun)
a sudden onset or arrival
“the fall of darkness”
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Fall (noun)
a waterfall or cascade
“Niagara Falls”
“we camped upriver from the falls”
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Fall (noun)
a downward turn in a melody
“that strain again, it had a dying fall”
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Fall (noun)
the way in which something falls or hangs
“the fall of her hair”
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Fall (noun)
the parts or petals of a flower which bend downwards, especially the outer perianth segments of an iris.
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Fall (noun)
a decrease in size, number, rate, or level
“a big fall in unemployment”
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Fall (noun)
a defeat or downfall
“the fall of the government”
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Fall (noun)
a person’s moral decline.
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Fall (noun)
the lapse of humankind into a state of sin, ascribed in traditional Jewish and Christian theology to the disobedience of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis.
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Fall (noun)
autumn
“that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term”
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Fall (noun)
a flock of woodcock
“there is a fall of woodcock in the round wood above the dell”