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.
Fell (verb)
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
Fell (verb)
To strike down, kill, destroy.
Fell (verb)
To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
Fell (noun)
A cutting-down of timber.
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.
Fell (noun)
The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Fell (noun)
An animal skin, hide, pelt.
Fell (noun)
Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
Fell (noun)
A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
Fell (noun)
A wild field or upland moor.
Fell (noun)
Gall; anger; melancholy.
Fell (adjective)
Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
“one fell swoop”
Fell (adjective)
Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
Fell (adjective)
Very large; huge.
Fell (adjective)
Eager; earnest; intent.
Fell (adverb)
Sharply; fiercely.
Fall (noun)
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Fall (noun)
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
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.
Fall (noun)
A loss of greatness or status.
“the fall of Rome”
Fall (noun)
That which falls or cascades.
Fall (noun)
A crucial event or circumstance.
Fall (noun)
The action of a batsman being out.
Fall (noun)
A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
Fall (noun)
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Fall (noun)
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
“He set up his rival to take the fall.”
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.”
Fall (noun)
See falls
Fall (noun)
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
Fall (noun)
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
Fall (verb)
To move downwards.
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.”
Fall (verb)
To come down, to drop or descend.
“The rain fell at dawn.”
Fall (verb)
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
“He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.”
Fall (verb)
To be moved downwards.
Fall (verb)
To be brought to the ground.
Fall (verb)
To let fall; to drop.
Fall (verb)
To sink; to depress.
“to fall the voice”
Fall (verb)
To happen, to change negatively.
Fall (verb)
To fell; to cut down.
“to fall a tree”
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?”
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.”
Fall (verb)
To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
“Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.”
Fall (verb)
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
“This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.”
Fall (verb)
To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
“The candidate’s poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.”
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.”
Fall (verb)
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Fall (verb)
To bring forth.
“to fall lambs”
Fall (verb)
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
Fall (verb)
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
Fall (verb)
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
“to fall into error;”
“to fall into difficulties”
Fall (verb)
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
Fall (verb)
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
Fall (verb)
To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
“After arguing, they fell to blows.”
Fall (verb)
To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
“An unguarded expression fell from his lips.”
Fell (verb)
cut down (a tree)
“33 million trees are felled each day”
Fell (verb)
knock down
“Whitlock felled him with one punch”
Fell (verb)
stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat
“a flat-felled seam”
Fell (noun)
an amount of timber cut.
Fell (noun)
a hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England
“Cross Fell”
Fell (noun)
an animal’s hide or skin with its hair.
Fell (adjective)
of terrible evil or ferocity; deadly
“the fell disease that was threatening her sister”
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”
Fall (verb)
become detached and drop to the ground
“my sunglasses fell off and broke on the pavement”
Fall (verb)
hang down
“hair that was allowed to fall to the shoulders”
Fall (verb)
(of land) slope downwards
“the land fell away in a steep bank”
Fall (verb)
(of a river) flow or discharge itself into
“this is the stream that falls into Gaping Gill on the moor above”
Fall (verb)
(of someone’s eyes or glance) be directed downwards
“Albert’s eyes fell, and he blushed”
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”
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”
Fall (verb)
throw oneself to the ground
“she fell to her knees and began to weep”
Fall (verb)
(of a tree or structure) collapse to the ground
“after the earthquake, part of the city fell down”
Fall (verb)
(of computer hardware or software) stop working suddenly; crash
“the program fell over once when I clicked on the wrong control”
Fall (verb)
decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
“we’re worried that standards are falling”
“imports fell by 12 per cent”
Fall (verb)
(of a measuring instrument) show a lower reading
“the barometer had fallen a further ten points”
Fall (verb)
(in sport) play less well
“when he faded the whole team fell away”
Fall (verb)
be captured or defeated
“their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack”
Fall (verb)
(of a wicket) be taken by the bowling side
“more wickets fell”
Fall (verb)
die in battle
“an English leader who had fallen at the hands of the Danes”
Fall (verb)
(of a government or leader) lose office or be overthrown.
Fall (verb)
yield to temptation
“it is their husbands’ fault if wives do fall”
Fall (verb)
pass into a specified state, situation, or position
“she fell pregnant”
“many of the buildings fell into disrepair”
Fall (verb)
occur or take place
“her birthday fell on May Day”
“when night fell we crawled back to our lines”
Fall (verb)
begin to do something
“he fell to musing about how it had happened”
Fall (verb)
be drawn accidentally into
“you must not fall into this common error”
Fall (verb)
be classified in the way specified
“canals fall within the Minister’s brief”
Fall (noun)
an act of falling or collapsing
“his mother had a fall as she alighted from a train”
Fall (noun)
a controlled act of falling, especially as a stunt or in martial arts
“rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt”
Fall (noun)
a move which pins the opponent’s shoulders on the ground for a count of three.
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”
Fall (noun)
a thing which falls or has fallen
“in October came the first fall of snow”
“a rock fall”
Fall (noun)
a sudden onset or arrival
“the fall of darkness”
Fall (noun)
a waterfall or cascade
“Niagara Falls”
“we camped upriver from the falls”
Fall (noun)
a downward turn in a melody
“that strain again, it had a dying fall”
Fall (noun)
the way in which something falls or hangs
“the fall of her hair”
Fall (noun)
the parts or petals of a flower which bend downwards, especially the outer perianth segments of an iris.
Fall (noun)
a decrease in size, number, rate, or level
“a big fall in unemployment”
Fall (noun)
a defeat or downfall
“the fall of the government”
Fall (noun)
a person’s moral decline.
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.
Fall (noun)
autumn
“that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term”
Fall (noun)
a flock of woodcock
“there is a fall of woodcock in the round wood above the dell”