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The Meaning of fell

  • () imp. of Fall.
  • (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
  • (a.) Eager; earnest; intent.
  • (a.) Gall; anger; melancholy.
  • (n.) A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
  • (n.) A barren or rocky hill.
  • (n.) A wild field; a moor.
  • (v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
  • (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
  • (v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
  • (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
  • (n.) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
  • (imp.) of Fall

Synonyms

pelt , hide , felled seam , skin , wild , uncivilized , fierce , savage , deplorable , reprehensible , beastly , unrelenting , venomous , criminal , brute(a) , condemnable , roughshod , barbaric , evil , feral , cruel , poisonous , barbarous , vicious , furious , ferocious , barbarian , heavy-handed , brutish , bestial , brutal , ferine , uncivilised , unload , push down , bring down , dribble , pull down , send packing , mow , fly , drop off , dismiss , slash , drop down , sink , down , drip , degenerate , deteriorate , knock down , cut , cut out , trim back , overleap , trim , strike down , leave out , throw , cast , cut down , pretermit , put down , neglect , devolve , reduce , expend , send away , set down , flatten , swing , trim down , shake off , throw off , throw away , dangle , drop , discharge , spend , overlook , knock off , miss , cut back , vanish , cast off , cancel , shed , omit , take flight , vaporize , pilot , aviate , disappear , flee , go away , wing

Antonyms

humane

Homophones

fehl , fel

Rhymes

accel , adel , adele , adell , adelle , adwell , aix-la-chapelle , akel , ancel , anfal , angelle , annabel , ansel , antipersonell , anwell , aol , apel , ardelle , arel , armel , arnelle , arvel , atwell , avenel , barbell , bardell , battelle , bechtel , bedel , befell , behl , bel , bell , belle , bendel , bethel , blackwell , bluebell , bodell , bombshell , bothwell , boutell , boutelle , bozell , bracknell , bramwell , brockwell , brownell , burdell , burrell , buzzell , cabell , cantrell , cantrelle , caravel , carmel , carousel , carrasquel , carrousel , cartel , carvel , carvell , caswell , cattell , caudell , cavell , cel , cell , chanel , chappelle , chell , christabelle , citadel , clamshell , clarabelle , claribel , clell , clientele , cockwell , compel , corabelle , cordell , corel , corell , cornell , cotelle , cottrell , cowbell , danelle , daniele , danielle , dantrell , darnell , decibel , del , dell , delle , desselle , develle , dispel , dispell , doorbell , dovel , dumbbell , dwell , edell , eggshell , ehle , el , ell , elle , elwell , esquibel , esquivel , estelle , excel , expel , ezell , ezelle , farewell , fascell , faupel , fehl , fel , ferrel , fidel , foretell , frel , frenzel , fretwell , futrell , gabel , gabriele , gazelle , gehl , gel , gell , get-well , ginnell , giselle , grinnell , gsell , guel , harpel , hartwell , hehl , hell , helle , hillel , hopewell , hormel , hornell , hotel , impel , industrielle , infidel , irell , isabel , isabelle , janelle , jeanmichele , jell , joelle , kalispell , kehl , kell , kjell , knell , krell , l , labell , labelle , landell , lapel , ledwell , lemelle , leonelle , lobell , loisel , loiselle , lyell , lyondell , madelle , mademoiselle , mantell , manuel , marcantel , marcel , marcelle , markel , martel , marvelle , matell , materiel , mattel , maxell , maxwell , maybelle , mckell , mehl , mel , mell , melle , mendell , merisel , michel , michele , michelle , miguel , mirabel , mirabelle , mirell , mirelle , misspell , mizel , montel , montiel , morel , morrell , moselle , motel , mousel , mozelle , nel , nell , nelle , nepl , niguel , nobel , noel , noelle , nouvelle , novell , noxell , nutshell , odell , orwell , outsell , oversell , ozelle , pantel , parallel , pastel , patel , pehl , pell , pelle , percell , personnel , pesnell , propel , purcell , quell , quesnel , rachelle , rafael , rampell , randell , raphael , raquel , ravel , rebel , repel , resell , retell , revelle , riopel , rochelle , rockwell , romelle , rosabel , roussel , rozelle , rudelle , ruelle , sabel , samelle , sanmiguel , savel , schell , schmehl , schnell , schnelle , seashell , sell , selle , sentelle , sharell , sheftel , shell , shirell , shirelle , shortell , shotwell , smell , snell , sockwell , spell , stairwell , stell , stelle , stilwell , stockwell , strehl , strehle , swell , sydell , tarbell , tavel , tel , tell , torell , twaddell , tyrrell , udelle , undersell , unsell , vandaele , varvel , vaupel , vertel , wachtell , waddell , warrell , weisel , well , welle , yell , zel , zell , zelle , zinfandel , zumel