What part of speech is fell?

Fell can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. fell is a verb, present, 1st person singular of fell (infinitive).
  • 2. fell is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. fell is a noun, singular of fells.
  • 4. fell is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

What does fell mean?

Definitions

Adjective
fell - Of a strong and cruel nature; eagre and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
fell - Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent; clever.

Adverb
fell - Sharply; fiercely.

Verb
fell - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
fell - sew a seam by folding the edges
fell - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

Noun
fell - the act of felling something (as a tree)
fell - seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
fell - the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
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Examples of fell

#   Sentence  
1. verb That was the day that GOD'S CURSE fell upon the world of Rock.
2. verb My wife was TERRIFIED of snakes when we first met, I introduced her to one out my baby corn snakes and she fell in love with it.
3. verb I would be a lot more concerned if the shoe fell off because it was missing one lousy nail.
4. verb We got to talking and he got me set up and I test drove with Craig and I fell head over heels for this car all I kept saying, " was I gotta have it!"
5. verb Your glasses fell on the floor.
6. verb The robbers fell upon him from behind the trees.
7. verb The robbers fell on her there.
8. verb A heavy snow fell in Kyoto for the first time in ages.
9. verb The temperature fell several degrees.
10. verb On my way home, I fell asleep on the train and rode past my station.
11. verb I fell asleep while studying at my desk.
12. verb Stocks fell hard.
13. verb I'll bet he'd have a fit if his students fell asleep.
14. verb The man and his horse that fell off the cliff were soon rescued.
15. verb I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.
16. adj. A beaver needs to fell hundreds of trees to dam a river.
17. adj. Sami was starting to fell bad.
18. noun This is a golden opportunity we'd be stupid to pass up. Let's get to work and finish it all in one fell swoop.
19. noun The deal I was working on fell through.
20. noun The wall from which Humpty Dumpty fell is not the Great Wall of China.
21. noun The samurai decapitated his opponent in one fell swoop.
22. noun The fire has burned low, and a soft and solemn light fills the room. Neither of us speaks while the clock strikes twelve. I look out of the window. The heavens are ablaze with light, and somewhere amid those circling constellations I know that a new star has found its place, and is shining with such a ray as never before fell from heaven to earth.
23. noun The deal Tom and I were working on fell through.
24. noun But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell.
25. noun A hush fell over the room.
26. noun A hush fell over the crowd.
27. noun The fall of the House of Hapsburg.
28. noun In the fall of 1973.
29. noun A fall from virtue.
30. noun The rise and fall of the tides.
31. noun Women have been blamed ever since the Fall.
32. noun They finished before the fall of night.
Sentence  
verb
That was the day that GOD'S CURSE fell upon the world of Rock.
My wife was TERRIFIED of snakes when we first met, I introduced her to one out my baby corn snakes and she fell in love with it.
I would be a lot more concerned if the shoe fell off because it was missing one lousy nail.
We got to talking and he got me set up and I test drove with Craig and I fell head over heels for this car all I kept saying, " was I gotta have it!"
Your glasses fell on the floor.
The robbers fell upon him from behind the trees.
The robbers fell on her there.
A heavy snow fell in Kyoto for the first time in ages.
The temperature fell several degrees.
On my way home, I fell asleep on the train and rode past my station.
I fell asleep while studying at my desk.
Stocks fell hard.
I'll bet he'd have a fit if his students fell asleep.
The man and his horse that fell off the cliff were soon rescued.
I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.
adj.
A beaver needs to fell hundreds of trees to dam a river.
Sami was starting to fell bad.
noun
This is a golden opportunity we'd be stupid to pass up. Let's get to work and finish it all in one fell swoop.
The deal I was working on fell through.
The wall from which Humpty Dumpty fell is not the Great Wall of China.
The samurai decapitated his opponent in one fell swoop.
The fire has burned low, and a soft and solemn light fills the room. Neither of us speaks while the clock strikes twelve. I look out of the window. The heavens are ablaze with light, and somewhere amid those circling constellations I know that a new star has found its place, and is shining with such a ray as never before fell from heaven to earth.
The deal Tom and I were working on fell through.
But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell.
A hush fell over the room.
A hush fell over the crowd.
The fall of the House of Hapsburg.
In the fall of 1973.
A fall from virtue.
The rise and fall of the tides.
Women have been blamed ever since the Fall.
They finished before the fall of night.
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