🪓 To cut down 🧵 To sew edges ⛰️ A high hill 🧵 A sewn seam 🌲 Tree cutting 🐑 Animal skin 😈 Cruel or fierce

fell

7.0

The cutting down of a tree

noun
/fɛl/

: tala

We witnessed the fell of several trees during the storm.

Examples

They celebrated after the successful fell of the enormous pine tree.
The fell of the ancient oak marked the end of the old forest.
Regulations require a permit for each fell conducted in the reserve.
The fell of the tree was sudden.
The fell of the tree in the garden left a clear space for new plants.
After the storm, we had to assess the fell of several trees across the park.
The lumberjack explained the proper technique for a safe fell of large trees.

Antonyms

to grow

∞ 1.0

Become larger or more physically mature

to plant

361 1.0

To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow

Idioms

one fell swoop

14 7.6

A single sudden action that happens all at once

fell out of the ugly tree

Offensive

1 9.9

A joking way to say that someone looks very ugly

little strokes fell great oaks

9.7

Small regular efforts lead to big results over time

the wheels fell off

Informal

9.8

A situation that suddenly goes wrong after working well

How Extensive

deforestation

18 4.3

to clear-cutting

Specialized

1 6.6

clearing

2 2.8

fell

7.0

Surface Forms

fell singular

fells plural

Etymology

Fell meaning the act of cutting down a tree comes from the simple idea of making something 'fall'. So a 'fell' is the cutting or work that makes the tree drop.