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   fell

   /fɛl/

   verb

   • 1. cut down (a tree): "33 million trees are felled each day" Similar cut downchop downhack downsaw downknock downhewdemolishtear downbring downrazelevelclear
   • ▪ knock down: "Whitlock felled him with one punch" Similar knock downknock overknock to the groundbowl overstrike downbring downbring to the groundrugby-tackletopplegroundprostratecatch off balanceknock outknock unconsciouskillcut downmow downpick offshoot downgun downblastinformal:deckfloorflattendownknock for sixknock into the middle of next weeklay outKO
   • 2. stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat: "a flat-felled seam"

   noun

   • 1. an amount of timber cut.

   Word Origin Old Englishfellan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vellen and German fällen, also to fall.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

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