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] …

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)

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

There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb fell, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Definition of fell verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to exhibit great eagerness, esp. in pursuit of one's own advantage: The candidate fell over backward in support of the issues that would win votes. Idioms fall or come short.

To cause to fall; throw down; cut down; bring to the ground, either by cutting, as with ax or sword, or by striking, as with a club or the fist: as, to fell trees; to fell an ox; to fell an antagonist at fisticuffs.

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