How to pronounce fell

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What fell means

verb

Most people know fell in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To cut down a tree, making it fall

In a sentence: The workers felled the tall pine with a few strong swings.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English fellan, meaning to make something fall. It is a close cousin of the word fall.

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