definition of
[fell]

[1] #1 fell v. [drop, strike down, cut down] cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers". wn

[2] #2 fell n. [hide] the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal). wn

[3] #3 fell s. [barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious] (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". wn

[4] #4 fell n. [felled seam] seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges. wn

[5] #5 fell v. [fly, vanish] pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him". wn