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fell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *fallijan? (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallan? (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p?l- (“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”).
Verb
fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)
- (transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
- 2016 January 17, "What Weiner Reveals About Huma Abedin," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- This Sunday marks the debut of Weiner, a documentary that follows former congressman Anthony Weiner in his attempt to overcome a sexting scandal and run for mayor of New York City—only to be felled, somewhat inexplicably, by another sexting scandal.
- 2016 January 17, "What Weiner Reveals About Huma Abedin," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):
- (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296:
- To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
- 2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296:
Translations
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- A cutting-down of timber.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fell, fel, vel, from Old English fel, fell (“hide, skin, pelt”), from Proto-Germanic *fell? (compare West Frisian fel, Dutch vel, German Fell), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-no- (“skin, animal hide”) (compare Latin pellis (“skin”), Lithuanian pl?n? (“skin”), Russian ?????? (plená, “pelt”), Albanian plah (“to cover”), Ancient Greek ?????? (péll?s, “skin”)). Related to film and pell.
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- An animal skin, hide, pelt.
- c. 1599 Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3 Sc.3 L. 35
- Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.
- c. 1599 Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 3 Sc.3 L. 35
- Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- For he is fader of feith · fourmed ?ow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old Norse fell, fjall (“rock, mountain”), compare Norwegian Bokmål fjell 'mountain', from Proto-Germanic *felz?, *fel(e)zaz, *falisaz (compare German Felsen 'boulder, cliff', Middle Low German vels 'hill, mountain'), from Proto-Indo-European *pelso; compare Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “stone”), Pashto ????? (par??a, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit ????? (p????á, “stone”). Doublet of fjeld.
Noun
fell (plural fells)
- (archaic outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
- 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, / While hammers fell like ringing bells, / In places deep, where dark things sleep, / In hollow halls beneath the fells.
- 1971 Catherine Cookson, The Dwelling Place
- She didn't know at first why she stepped off the road and climbed the bank on to the fells; it wasn't until she found herself skirting a disused quarry that she realised where she was making for, and when she reached the place she stood and gazed at it. It was a hollow within an outcrop of rock, not large enough to call a cave but deep enough to shelter eight people from the rain, and with room to spare.
- 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- (archaic outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 174[5]:
- As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 11 p. 174[5]:
Derived terms
- Low Fell
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English fel, fell (“strong, fierce, terrible, cruel, angry”), from Old English *fel, *felo, *fæle (“cruel, savage, fierce”) (only in compounds, wælfel (“bloodthirsty”), ealfelo (“evil, baleful”), ælfæle (“very dire”), etc.), from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“wicked, cruel, terrifying”), from Proto-Indo-European *pol- (“to pour, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old Frisian fal (“cruel”), Middle Dutch fel (“wrathful, cruel, bad, base”), German Low German fell (“rash, swift”), Danish fæl (“disgusting, hideous, ghastly, grim”), Middle High German v?lant (“imp”). See felon.
Adjective
fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)
- Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II scene vi[6]:
- […] While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II scene vi[6]:
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
- (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
- I am so fell to my business.
Translations
Adverb
fell (comparative more fell, superlative most fell)
- Sharply; fiercely.
Derived terms
- fellness
Etymology 5
Perhaps from Latin fel (“gall, poison, bitterness”), or more probably from the adjective above.
Noun
fell (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.
Etymology 6
Noun
fell
- (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
Etymology 7
Verb
fell
- simple past tense of fall
- (now colloquial) past participle of fall
Further reading
- Fell (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fell in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spesla, metathesized form of *spelsa, from Proto-Indo-European *pels (“rock, boulder”), variant of *spel- (“to cleave, break”). Compare Latin hydronym Pelso, Latin Palatium, Pashto ????? (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélla, “stone”), German Felsen (“boulder, cliff”). Mostly dialectal, used in Gheg Albanian.
Adverb
fell
- deep, shallow
Derived terms
- fellë
Related terms
- fyell
Icelandic
Etymology
Old Norse fjall (“mountain”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?tl/
- Rhymes: -?tl
Noun
fell n (genitive singular fells, nominative plural fell)
- isolated hill, isolated mountain
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fell
- imperative of felle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
fell
- present of falle
Etymology 2
Verb
fell
- imperative of fella
Old English
Alternative forms
- fel
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fell, whence also Old High German vel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fell/, [fe?]
Noun
fell n
- fell
- skin
fell From the web:
- what fellowship has light with darkness
- what fell from the sky last night
- what fell from the sky today
- what fell from the sky
- what fell from the sky in lord of the flies
- what fell on the famous singer in coco
- what fell from the sky tonight
- what fell on johnny in the outsiders
split
English
Etymology
Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), from Old Saxon *spl?tan, both intensive forms related to Proto-West Germanic *spl?tan, from Proto-Germanic *spl?tan? (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Compare Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Old Irish sliss (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech p?l (“half”), Old Church Slavonic ???-??????? (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: spl?t, IPA(key): /spl?t/
Adjective
split (not comparable)
- Divided.
- Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
- (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
- (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
- (stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
- (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
- 10 3?16 is a split quotation.
- (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
split (plural splits)
- A crack or longitudinal fissure.
- A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
- A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
- (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
- (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
- (bodybuilding) A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targetted in a microcycle.
- Hyponym: bro split
- (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
- He’s got a nasty split.
- (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
- A split shot or split stroke.
- A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
- A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1?20 (US) gallon, which is 1?2 of a fifth.
- A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
- (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.
- In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32
- (video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.
- (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
- (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
- (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)
- (transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- Synonym: cleave
- 1660, Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical: Touching the Spring of the Air and their Effects
- a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
- (intransitive, of something solid, particularly wood) To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- (transitive) To share; to divide.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave
- (intransitive, of a couple) To separate.
- Synonyms: break up, split up
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
- Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
- (algebra, transitive and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors.
- 2007, John M. Howie, Fields and Galois Theory, Springer, page 103,
- In the first case , the minimum polynomial of , splits completely over ; in the second case we see that , the minimum polynomial of , does not split completely over .
- 2007, John M. Howie, Fields and Galois Theory, Springer, page 103,
- To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
- (intransitive) To burst out laughing.
- (intransitive, slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
- " […] I split, and tell all […] "
- (sports, especially baseball) For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
- (intransitive, politics) To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- slipt, spilt, stilp
Danish
Verb
split
- imperative of splitte
Spanish
Etymology
From English splits.
Noun
split m (uncountable)
- splits
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish split, borrowed from Middle Low German spliten (“to split”)
Noun
split n or c
- discord, strife, dissension
- Det blir avunden och splitet, som blir Sveriges fördärv.
- It is the envy and the strife, that will be Sweden's demise.
- Det blir avunden och splitet, som blir Sveriges fördärv.
- a split (of shares in a company)
- a side split, a straddle split (in gymnastics)
Declension
See also
- aktiesplit
- spagat
- splits
- splitt
Anagrams
- pilts
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- what splits the brain in half
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