| 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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