imp. | 1. | |
a. | 1. | Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. |
2. | Eager; earnest; intent. | |
n. | 1. | Gall; anger; melancholy. |
1. | A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; - used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. | |
1. | A barren or rocky hill. | |
2. | A wild field; a moor. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. |
n. | 1. | (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting. |
v. t. | 1. | To sew or hem; - said of seams. |
n. | 1. | (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses. |
2. | (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. |
Noun | 1. | fell - the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) Synonyms: hide |
2. | fell - seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges Synonyms: felled seam | |
3. | fell - the act of felling something (as a tree) | |
Verb | 1. | fell - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" |
2. | fell - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" | |
3. | fell - sew a seam by folding the edges | |
Adj. | 1. | fell - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" |