Antonyms for
fell
To make something fall
0 antonyms 4 letters

No Antonyms Found for Fell

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All Definitions for Fell

Below are all the dictionary definitions of fell:

1To make something fall
2Especially to chop down a tree.
3To strike down, kill, destroy.
4To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
5A cutting-down of timber.
6The stitching down of a fold of cloth
7Specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
8The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
9An animal skin, hide, pelt.
10Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
11High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.
12Of a strong and cruel nature
13Eager and unsparing
14Grim
15Fierce
16Ruthless
17Savage.
18Strong and fiery
19Biting
20Keen
21Sharp
22Pungent
23Very large
24Huge.
25Sharply
26Fiercely.
27The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
28A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.
29A wild field or upland moor.
30Eager
31Earnest
32Intent.
33Anger
34Gall
35Melancholy.
36A surname.
37A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
38A municipality in Trier-Saarland district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
39Ellipsis of Fell pony. [A pony of a versatile working mountain and moorland breed originating on Cumberland and Westmorland farms of northwest England.]
40Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.

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About antonyms for fell

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