fell

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fell [fell fells felled felling] noun, verb, adjective BrE [fel] NAmE [fel]
see also ↑fall
noun
a hill or an area of hills in northern England

Word Origin:
v. Old English fellan Germanic Dutch vellen German fällen ↑falln. Middle English Old Norse fjall fell ‘hill’ German Fels ‘rock’
Middle English Old French fel felon ‘wicked (person)’ medieval Latin fello fellon-
Idiom: ↑at one fell swoop
 
verb
1. ~ sth to cut down a tree
•Trees were felled and floated downstream.
2. ~ sb (literary)to make sb fall to the ground
•He felled his opponent with a single blow.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. Old English fellan Germanic Dutch vellen German fällen ↑falln. Middle English Old Norse fjall fell ‘hill’ German Fels ‘rock’
Middle English Old French fel felon ‘wicked (person)’ medieval Latin fello fellon-

Example Bank:
•illegally felled timber

 
adjective (literary)
very evil or violent

Word Origin:
v. Old English fellan Germanic Dutch vellen German fällen ↑falln. Middle English Old Norse fjall fell ‘hill’ German Fels ‘rock’
Middle English Old French fel felon ‘wicked (person)’ medieval Latin fello fellon-
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious, felled seam, hide, fly, vanish, drop, strike down, cut down