hide, fell -- (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal))
fell, felled seam -- (seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges)
fell -- (the act of felling something (as a tree))
Overview of verb fell
The verb fell has 3 senses
fell, drop, strike down, cut down -- (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers")
fly, fell, vanish -- (pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him")
fell -- (sew a seam by folding the edges)
Overview of verb fall
The verb fall has 32 senses
fall -- (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse")
descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")
fall -- (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work")
fall, come -- (come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading")
precipitate, come down, fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum")
fall -- (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside")
fall -- (die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead")
fall, shine, strike -- (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears")
fall -- (be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy")
fall -- (occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable")
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")
fall -- (yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell")
fall -- (lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen")
fall -- (to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student")
fall -- (move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward")
fall -- (be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month")
fall -- (lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman")
fall -- (to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter")
accrue, fall -- (come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son")
fall, light -- (fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims")
fall, return, pass, devolve -- (be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead")
fall -- (slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean")
fall, fall down -- (lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead")
fall -- (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees")
hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back")
fall -- (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell")
fall -- (be cast down; "his eyes fell")
fall -- (come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth")
fall -- (be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon")
fall -- (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away")
fall -- (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts")
fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")
Overview of adj fell
The adj fell has 1 sense
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks")
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