fellness


fell 1

F0071600 (fĕl)tr.v. felled, fell·ing, fells 1. a. To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down: fell a tree; fell an opponent in boxing.b. To kill: was felled by an assassin's bullet.2. To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.n.1. The timber cut down in one season.2. A felled seam.
[Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fyllan.]
fell′a·ble adj.

fell 2

F0071600 (fĕl)adj.1. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes.2. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow.3. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance.4. Scots Sharp and biting.Idiom: at/in one fell swoop All at once.
[Middle English fel, from Old French, variant of felon; see felon1.]
fell′ness n.

fell 3

F0071600 (fĕl)n.1. The hide of an animal; a pelt.2. A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.
[Middle English fel, from Old English fell; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]

fell 4

F0071600 (fĕl)n.1. Chiefly British An upland stretch of open country; a moor.2. A barren or stony hill.
[Middle English fel, from Old Norse fell, fjall, mountain, hill.]

fell 5

F0071600 (fĕl)v.Past tense of fall.