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(fĕl) pronunciation
tr.v., felled, fell·ing, fells.
    1. To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down: fell a tree; fell an opponent in boxing.
    2. To kill: was felled by an assassin's bullet.
  2. To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.
n.
  1. The timber cut down in one season.
  2. A felled seam.

[Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fyllan.]

fellable fell'a·ble adj.

fell2 (fĕl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce: fell hordes.
  2. Capable of destroying; lethal: a fell blow.
  3. Dire; sinister: by some fell chance.
  4. Scots. Sharp and biting.
idiom:

at (or in) one fell swoop

  1. All at once.

[Middle English fel, from Old French, variant of felon. See felon1.]

fellness fell'ness n.

fell3 (fĕl) pronunciation
n.
  1. The hide of an animal; a pelt.
  2. A thin membrane directly beneath the hide.

[Middle English fel, from Old English fell.]


fell4 (fĕl) pronunciation
n. Chiefly British
  1. An upland stretch of open country; a moor.
  2. A barren or stony hill.

[Middle English fel, from Old Norse fell, fjall, mountain, hill.]


fell5 (fĕl) pronunciation
v.
Past tense of fall.


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In the food world, "fell" refers to a thin parchmentlike membrane directly beneath an animal's hide. The fell is removed from many cuts of meat and left on some (such as a leg of lamb), where it can help retain the meat's juices.

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verb

  1. To bring down, as with a saw or ax: chop down, cut (down), hew. See rise/fall.
  2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang deck1. Idioms: lay low. See rise/fall.
fell2

adjective

    Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See kind/cruel.
fell3

noun

    The skin of an animal: fur, hide2, jacket, pelt1. See surface/depth.

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v

Definition: chop down
Antonyms: build, construct, erect, raise

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IN BRIEF: Toppled from an upright position suddenly.

pronunciation Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. — Jane Taylor, (1783-1824), from My Mother.

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"Fells" redirects here. For the surname, see Fells (surname).
For other uses, see Fell (disambiguation).
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The Ylläs fell in Kolari, Finnish Lapland
Børvasstindene in Norway, near Bodø

“Fell” (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain"[1]) is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Isle of Man, and parts of northern England.

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Etymology

The English word fell comes from Old Norse fell, fjall (both forms existed).[1] It is cognate with Icelandic fjall/fell, Faroese fjall, Danish fjeld, Swedish fjäll, and Norwegian fjell, all referring to mountains rising above the alpine tree line.[2]

England

Fell Lane, near Ingleton towards the fellgate and Ingleborough

In Northern England, especially in the Lake District and in the Pennine Dales, the word fell originally referred to an area of uncultivated high ground used as common grazing. This meaning is found in the names of various breeds of livestock, bred for life on the uplands, such as Rough Fell sheep and fell ponies. It is also found in many place names across the North of England, often attached to the name of a community; thus Seathwaite Fell, for example, would be the common grazing land used by the farmers of Seathwaite. The fellgate marks the exit from a settlement onto the fell (see photograph for example).

"Fell" can refer to any one of the mountains and hills of the Lake District and the Pennine Dales. This meaning tends to overlap with the previous one, especially where place names are concerned: in particular, names that originally referred to grazing areas tend to be applied to hilltops, as is the case with the aforementioned Seathwaite Fell. In other cases the reverse is true; for instance, the name of Wetherlam, in the Coniston Fells, though understood to refer to the mountain as a whole, strictly speaking refers to the summit; the slopes have names such as Tilberthwaite High Fell, Low Fell and Above Beck Fells.

In northern England, there is a Lord of the Fells - this ancient aristocratic title being associated with the Lords of Bowland in north-eastern Lancashire.

Groups of cairns are a common feature on many fells, often marking the summit — there are fine examples on Wild Boar Fell in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, and on Nine Standards Rigg just outside Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria.

As the most mountainous region of England, the Lake District is the area most closely associated with the sport of fell running, which takes its name from the fells of the district. "Fellwalking" is also the term used locally for the activity known in the rest of Great Britain as hillwalking.

Fennoscandia

In Norway and Sweden, fjell (Norwegian) or fjäll (Swedish) usually refers to any mountain or upland high enough that forest will not naturally survive at the top, in effect a mountain tundra. It can in some instances refer to other mountains of the same shape as the far northern mountains even when they permit forest growth to the top, but this isn't very common. Without a tree line, it would generally be referred to as simply a mountain.

In Finland, the mountains characteristic of the region of Lapland are called tunturi (plural: tunturit), but this term is often translated with the Swedish term fjäll in English (tunturi is used to refer to treeless plains at high altitudes in far north regions, as well). They are round inselbergs rising from the otherwise flat surroundings. The mountains in Finnish Lapland reach heights of up to 400 and 800 metres, where the upper reaches are above the tree line. Those that do not reach the tree line, on the other hand, are mostly referred to as vaara. The mountains in Finnish Lapland form vestiges of the Karelides mountains, formed two billion years ago. The term tunturi is a loan from Sami, compare Kildin Sami tūndâr, which means "uplands, treeless mountain tract". From this expression, the word tundra is borrowed, as well.[3][4]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Falk and Torp (2006:161).
  2. ^ Bjorvand and Lindeman (2007:270–271).
  3. ^ Aapala, Kirsti. "Tunturista jängälle". Kieli-ikkunat. Archived from the original on 2006-10-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20061001211854/http://www.kotus.fi/julkaisut/ikkunat/1999/kielii1999_19.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-29. 
  4. ^ Itkonen, Erkki (1945). "Tanner, tunturi, tundra (Zusammenfassung: Finn. tanner 'Feld', tunturi 'Fjell, hochgelegene Bergfläche (im hohen Norden)' und tundra 'Tundra')". Virittäjä: 384. 

References

Mountains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland
Scotland
Sgurr nan gillean arp.jpg
England
Wales
Hewitts and Nuttalls · Marilyns · County tops: 1964 · current
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland


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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - fælde, slå ned
n. - antal træer fældet i en sæson

2.
n. - bakkedrag, højdedrag, nøgen bjergskråning, klippeskrænt

3.
adj. - grusom, dødbringende, ødelæggende

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    et fældende hug

4.
n. - skind, pels

Nederlands (Dutch)
vellen, doden, aan elkaar zomen, hardvochtig, dodelijk, scherp, kwaad bedoeld, (binnen)huid, vacht, hoogland, berg

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - abattre, assommer
n. - bois gisant

2.
n. - colline/montagne rocheuse (dans le nord de l'Angleterre)

3.
adj. - féroce, sinistre

idioms:

  • at one fell swoop    d'un seul coup
  • in one fell swoop    d'un seul coup

4.
n. - peau (de bête), toison

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - fällen, niederstrecken
n. - gefällte Holzmenge, Fällen

2.
n. - Berg, Moorland, Hügel

3.
adj. - grausam, unbarmherzig, tödlich

idioms:

  • at one fell swoop    auf einem Schlag
  • in one fell swoop    auf einem Schlag

4.
n. - Balg, Fell

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κόβω, ρίχνω/σωριάζω κάτω, "κλαδεύω"
n. - προβιά, τομάρι, (γεωγρ.) βραχώδης λόφος

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    ένα αποφασιστικό ή καίριο πλήγμα

Italiano (Italian)
abbattere

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    un sol colpo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - derrubou
n. - abate (m)

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    de uma vez só

Русский (Russian)
рубить, валить, убить, сваливать

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    одним коварным ударом

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - derribar, cortar, talar
n. - corta (de árboles)

2.
n. - cerro, altura, páramo

3.
adj. - cruel, letal, destructivo

idioms:

  • at one fell swoop    de un golpe
  • in one fell swoop    de un golpe

4.
n. - piel de un animal

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fälla, hugga ner
n. - avverkning, fäll

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 砍伐, 砍倒, 击倒, 打倒, 一季所伐的木材

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    一举, 一下子

2. 邪恶的, 残暴的, 可怕的

3. 折缝

4. 兽皮, 毛皮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 砍伐, 砍倒, 擊倒, 打倒
n. - 一季所伐的木材

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    一舉, 一下子

2.
adj. - 邪惡的, 殘暴的, 可怕的

3.
n. - 折縫

4.
n. - 獸皮, 毛皮

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 벌채하다, 때려 눕히다
n. - 벌채량, (의복) 감치기

2.
n. - 바위산, 황무지

3.
adj. - 사나운, 맹렬한

4.
n. - 짐승모피, 사람의 피부

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 伐り倒す, 打ち倒す, 切り倒す
n. - フェル先生, 伐り倒すこと, 伐採量, 獣皮, 毛皮, 皮膚

idioms:

  • one fell swoop    一挙に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطرح أرضا , يقطع , يقص (الاسم) جلد حيوان , شعر , صوف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כרת עץ, הפיל ארצה‬
n. - ‮אדמת טרשים, שטח לא-מעובד, כמות העצים שנכרתו‬
adj. - ‮איום, מסוכן, אכזרי‬
n. - ‮גבעה, שטח גבעות‬
n. - ‮עור חיה‬

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