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fell

/fɛl/
Meanings
  • Verb

    1. To come down from a height or a tree, especially by being pushed or knocked.

    - "The apple fell from the tree."
    - "The snowflakes fell gently on the ground."
  • Verb

    2. To cause (someone or something) to fall.

    - "The gust of wind fell the tree."
    - "The thief fell the safe to get the jewels."
  • Verb

    3. (of an animal) to lie down.

    - "The dog fell asleep in the sun."
    - "The cat fell into a deep sleep."
Pronunciation
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Antonyms

ascend , go , rise , get up , pick oneself up , stand up , beat , defeat , overthrow , smite , vanquish , rise
Synonyms

responsibility , up to , become , get , come down , descend , drop , drop , lower , prostrate , die , drop , plummet , plunge , beaten , defeated , overthrown , smitten , vanquished , cut down , fell , knock down , knock over , strike down , dip , drop
Rhymes
Words rhyming with fell
bell , cell , knell , spell
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. fell (Scottish) : rugged, sturdy

  2. fell (Obsolete) : fine, delicate

Variants
List of all variants of fell that leads to same result
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Forms
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felled: past tense and past participle of fell, felling: present participle of fell

Etymology
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Old English felgan, from fel 'hide, pelt, fell' + gan 'go'. The sense development is from 'fall from a height' to 'cause to fall' to 'lie down'.

Trivia
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  1. The longest recorded fall was by 'Tibetan monk' Phra Lama Dukpa Tenzin, who fell from a height of 24,000 feet in 1979.

  2. The word 'fell' is also used in the wool industry to refer to the raw, unprocessed wool from a sheep.

Related Concepts
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  1. gravitational force: The force that pulls objects towards each other, causing them to fall.

  2. falling action: The part of a story where the conflict begins to resolve and the characters experience the consequences of the events that have occurred.

Culture
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In literature, 'fell' is often used to describe the act of an animal or person falling. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Macbeth says, 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which, like the marble star, sometime towers, and then it falls.' This quote refers to Macbeth's ambition falling from its height. In art, 'fell' is sometimes used to depict animals lying down or falling from the sky.

How to Memorize "fell"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine an apple falling from a tree, or a person falling down.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'fell' with the idea of something coming down or falling.

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    - Create a mnemonic phrase like 'Falling From Heights Every Leap' to remember the meaning of 'fell'.

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