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What (who) is fell - definition
HIGH AND BARREN LANDSCAPE FEATURE
Fells; Fell (landform)
![Børvasstindene in Norway, near [[Bodø]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Børvasstindene.jpg?width=200 "Børvasstindene in Norway, near [[Bodø]]")
![Ingleton]] towards the fellgate and [[Ingleborough]], North Yorkshire, England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fellgate.jpg?width=200 "Ingleton]] towards the fellgate and [[Ingleborough]], North Yorkshire, England")
![View of the [[Scafell]] massif from [[Yewbarrow]], Wasdale, Cumbria. In the valley are older enclosures and higher up on the fell-side are the parliamentary enclosures following straight lines regardless of terrain.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scafell massif enclosures.jpg?width=200 "View of the [[Scafell]] massif from [[Yewbarrow]], Wasdale, Cumbria. In the valley are older enclosures and higher up on the fell-side are the parliamentary enclosures following straight lines regardless of terrain.")
![Fells in Finland (including [[Halti]], the highest fell in Finland)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suomen korkeimmat tunturit.jpg?width=200 "Fells in Finland (including [[Halti]], the highest fell in Finland)")
![The [[Ylläs]] fell in [[Kolari]], [[Finnish Lapland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yllästunturi Ylläsjärven puolelta.jpg?width=200 "The [[Ylläs]] fell in [[Kolari]], [[Finnish Lapland]]")
fell
(fells, felling, felled)
1.
2.
If trees are felled, they are cut down.
Badly infected trees should be felled and burned.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
If you fell someone, you knock them down, for example in a fight.
...a blow on the forehead which felled him to the ground.
VERB: V n
4.
fell
I. a.
Cruel, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, pitiless, malignant, malign, malicious, savage, ferocious, sanguinary, bloody, blood-thirsty, Vandalic.
II. v. a.
1.
Prostrate, level, hurl down, knock down, lay prostrate, bring to the ground.
2.
Cut down, hew down, lay low.
3.
Hem (the lap of a seam).
fell
fell1
past of fall.
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fell2
¦ verb
1. cut down (a tree).
knock down.
2. (also flat-fell) stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat.
¦ noun an amount of wood cut.
Derivatives
feller noun
Origin
OE fellan, of Gmc origin; related to fall.
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fell3
¦ noun a hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern England.
Origin
ME: from ON fjall, fell 'hill'.
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fell4
¦ adjective literary of terrible evil or ferocity.
Phrases
in (or at) one fell swoop all in one go. [from Shakespeare's Macbeth (IV. iii. 219).]
Origin
ME: from OFr. fel, nominative of felon (see felon1).
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fell5
¦ noun archaic an animal's hide or skin with its hair.
Origin
OE fel, fell, of Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Fell
A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain") is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, Iceland, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland.
Examples of use of fell
1. However, shares fell as revenues fell short of expectations.
2. "As she did this she fell over, she fell to the ground," he said.
3. The snow fell and fell and drifted into swells on the open ridge.
4. Lloyds TSB shares fell 8 percent and Barclays shares fell 6 percent.
5. Imports fell 1.6 per cent but exports fell further – down 3.2 per cent.