fell

About 50.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make something fall, especially a tree.
2. verb To strike down; to kill; to destroy.
3. verb To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance or pleat.
4. noun A cutting-down of timber.
5. noun The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
6. noun The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
7. noun Skin, hide, pelt.
8. noun A covering of hair, wool, etc., especially when matted or thick; a fleece; also (chiefly in fell of hair), a thick head or mass of hair.

Similar words

roughshod hide strike down drop cut down savage vanish vicious brutal barbarous

Often followed by

into to in on upon from back asleep down

Word family

fall fellable felled feller fellers fellest felling fellness fellnesses fells