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# fell

verb form (past of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); verb (fell, fells, felled, felling); noun (a fell, fells — UK)

«fell» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (past of fall) Dropped down or came down: I fell off my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#m1)
2. (verb) To cut down a tree, or knock someone down: They felled the old oak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#m2)
3. (noun, UK) A hill or high moor in the north of England: the Lake District fells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#m3)
4. (adjective, old or poetry) Cruel or terrible: «at one fell swoop» = all at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories «fell» is often the past of «fall»: someone fell asleep, fell ill, prices fell; in maths «the temperature fell by 5 degrees» means it went down — subtract. Phrases: «fell asleep», «fell over», «fell in love», «fell ill», «at one fell swoop».

### Examples

- I fell over and hurt my knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x1)
- The baby fell asleep in the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x2)
- The temperature fell from 12 °C to 4 °C, a fall of 8 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x3)
- Leaves fell from the trees in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x4)
- The workers felled three tall trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x5)
- We walked up the fell to see the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x6)
- She fell in love with the puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x7)
- This lasted for a while, and then they came upon the fells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/#x8)

### Note

Trap: «fell» is the past of «fall» (fall, fell, fallen), but «fell» is also its own verb «to cut down» with past «felled». Do not write «falled». In maths, «fell by» = decrease (subtract); «fell to» = the new value.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means cut down trees, or past tense of fall.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah pictures the trees rejoicing that no one comes to cut them down after a tyrant falls.

### Examples

- Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.' (Prophets ISA.14.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fell/#x1)
- But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: 'Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.' (Prophets 2KI.6.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fell/#x2)

### Note

Trap: «fell» is the past of «fall» (fall, fell, fallen), but «fell» is also its own verb «to cut down» with past «felled». Do not write «falled». In maths, «fell by» = decrease (subtract); «fell to» = the new value.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fell/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fell.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fell» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fell/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fell» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fell.html) on Mova free.