fell

  • 41fell — English has no fewer than four separate words fell, not counting the past tense of fall. Fell ‘cut down’ [OE] originated as the ‘causative’ version of fall – that is to say, it means literally ‘cause to fall’. It comes ultimately from prehistoric …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42Fell — das Fell, e (Mittelstufe) Haar eines Tieres Beispiel: Er bürstete seinem Hund das Fell. Kollokation: eine Katze mit schwarzem Fell das Fell, e (Aufbaustufe) gegerbte Haut eines Säugetieres Beispiel: Er hat heute einen Mantel aus Fell an …

    Extremes Deutsch

  • 43fell — English has no fewer than four separate words fell, not counting the past tense of fall. Fell ‘cut down’ [OE] originated as the ‘causative’ version of fall – that is to say, it means literally ‘cause to fall’. It comes ultimately from prehistoric …

    Word origins

  • 44fell — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fel skin, Latin pellis Date: before 12th century 1. skin, hide, pelt 2. a thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide II. transitive verb Etymology:… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45Fell — Felln 1.Menschenhaut.ImMittelalterbezeichnete»Fell«sowohldietierischealsauchdiemenschlicheHaut,imnhdSprachgebraucheigentlichnurmehrdietierische,dichtbehaarte. 2.Kopfhaar.1900ff. 3.Pelzmantel.1900ff.… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • 46fell — fell1 [ fel ] verb transitive to cut down a tree a. LITERARY to knock someone down by hitting them fell fell 2 [ fel ] noun count MAINLY BRITISH a hill or area of high land fell fell 3 the past tense of fall1 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47fell — fell1 past of fall. fell2 verb 1》 cut down (a tree).     ↘knock down. 2》 (also flat fell) stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat. noun an amount of wood cut. Derivatives feller noun Origin OE fellan, of Gmc origin; related to …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 48fell — I UK [fel] / US verb [transitive] Word forms fell : present tense I/you/we/they fell he/she/it fells present participle felling past tense felled past participle felled 1) to cut down a tree 2) literary to knock someone down by hitting them II UK …

    English dictionary

  • 49Fell — Фелл История Издатель Image Comics Даты публикаций 2005 2008 Количество выпусков 9 Персонажи Ричард Фелл …

    Википедия

  • 50fell — [[t]fe̱l[/t]] fells, felling, felled 1) Fell is the past tense of fall. 2) VERB: usu passive If trees are felled, they are cut down. [be V ed] Badly infected trees should be felled and burned. 3) VERB If you fell someone, you knock them down, for …

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