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)

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)

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. …

Jan 17, 2026 · 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. …

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 …

Fell definition: To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.

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.

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