VERB | contact | fell, drop, strike down, cut down | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow |
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motion | fell, fly, vanish | pass away rapidly | |
contact | fell | sew a seam by folding the edges | |
ADJECTIVE | all | fell, barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
NOUN | substance | fell, hide | the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) |
artifact | fell, felled seam | seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges | |
act | fell | the act of felling something (as a tree) |
Sounds | feh'l | |
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Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... |
Meaning | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. | |
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Synonyms | barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious | |
Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
Spanish | atroz, bárbaro, brutal, cruel, feroz, salvaje | |
Catalan | atroç, bàrbar, brutal, cruel, feroç, ferotge, salvatge |
Meaning | The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal). | |
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Synonym | hide | |
Narrower | cowhide | The hide of a cow |
goatskin | The hide of a goat | |
rawhide | untanned hide especially of cattle | |
Broader | animal skin | The outer covering of an animal |
Meaning | seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges. | |
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Synonym | felled seam | |
Broader | seam | joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces |
Verbs | fell | sew a seam by folding the edges |
Meaning | The act of felling something (as a tree). | |
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Broader | killing, kill, putting to death | The act of terminating a life |
Spanish | caída | |
Catalan | caiguda | |
Verbs | fell | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow |
Meaning | Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They fell the trees | |
Synonyms | drop, strike down, cut down | |
Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
Entailed by | undercut | cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall |
Narrower | chop down | cut down |
cut | fell by sawing | |
log, lumber | cut lumber, as in woods and forests / forests | |
poleax, poleaxe | fell with or as if with a poleax / poleax | |
Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
Spanish | derribar, talar | |
Nouns | fell | the act of felling something (as a tree) |
feller | a person who fells trees |
Meaning | pass away rapidly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | fly, vanish | |
Broader | elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along | pass by |
Similar to | vanish, fly, vaporize | decrease rapidly and disappear |
Spanish | derribar, desvanecerse, volar |
Meaning | sew a seam by folding the edges. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
Nouns | fell | seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges |
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