The meaning of FELL is skin, hide, pelt. How to use fell in a sentence.

Idiom at/in one fell swoop (Definition of fell from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Fell is the past tense of fall. If trees are felled, they are cut down. If you fell someone, you knock them down, for example in a fight. ...a blow on the forehead which felled him to the ground. [VERB noun] …

Dec 14, 2025 · fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled) (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. quotations

1. to cut or knock down: to fell a tree; to fell an opponent. 2. (Crafts) needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)

He fell down in the mud. He fell over backwards and lay completely still. You can also say that a tall object falls down or falls over. The pile of books fell down and scattered all over the floor. A tree fell …

FELL definition: simple past tense of fall. See examples of fell used in a sentence.

3 days ago · The word fell wears many hats in addition to being the past tense of fall. As a noun, a fell can be a stitching on the hem of a piece of clothing like pants, or an animal skin that has the fur intact.

Their father was felled [= killed] by a heart attack at age 55. The court has dismissed all of the charges against him in one fell swoop.

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