fell
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Types & categories
- animal skin hypernym
- cowhide hyponym
- goatskin hyponym
- rawhide hyponym
Sense 2 verb
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
strike down a tree
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- come down causes
- fell derivation
- lumberjack derivation
Sense 3 adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
Types & categories
- seam hypernym
Related & opposite
- fell derivation
Sense 5 verb
pass away rapidly
Time flies like an arrow
Types & categories
- go by hypernym
Related & opposite
- vaporize verb group
Sense 6 noun
the act of felling something (as a tree)
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- fell derivation
Sense 7 verb
sew a seam by folding the edges
Types & categories
- stitch hypernym
Related & opposite
- felled seam derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal skin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cowhide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | goatskin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rawhide |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | come down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lumberjack |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chop down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | poleax |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lumber |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cruelness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brute |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | seam |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | vaporize |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | go by |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | felled seam |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | stitch |