Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fell
Participle: felled
Gerund: felling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fell |
| you | fell |
| he;she;it | fells |
| we | fell |
| you | fell |
| they | fell |
Perfect
| I | have felled |
| you | have felled |
| he;she;it | has felled |
| we | have felled |
| you | have felled |
| they | have felled |
Past
| I | felled |
| you | felled |
| he;she;it | felled |
| we | felled |
| you | felled |
| they | felled |
Pluperfect
| I | had felled |
| you | had felled |
| he;she;it | had felled |
| we | had felled |
| you | had felled |
| they | had felled |
Future
| I | will fell |
| you | will fell |
| he;she;it | will fell |
| we | will fell |
| you | will fell |
| they | will fell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have felled |
| you | will have felled |
| he;she;it | will have felled |
| we | will have felled |
| you | will have felled |
| they | will have felled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fell |
| you | fell |
| he;she;it | fell |
| we | fell |
| you | fell |
| they | fell |
Perfect
| I | have felled |
| you | have felled |
| he;she;it | have felled |
| we | have felled |
| you | have felled |
| they | have felled |
Imperfect
| I | felled |
| you | felled |
| he;she;it | felled |
| we | felled |
| you | felled |
| they | felled |
Pluperfect
| I | had felled |
| you | had felled |
| he;she;it | had felled |
| we | had felled |
| you | had felled |
| they | had felled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fell |
| you | would fell |
| he;she;it | would fell |
| we | would fell |
| you | would fell |
| they | would fell |
Perfect
| I | would have felled |
| you | would have felled |
| he;she;it | would have felled |
| we | would have felled |
| you | would have felled |
| they | would have felled |
Imperative
| you | fell |
| we | Let's fell |
| you | fell |
Verbs conjugated like 'fell'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fell'
bell,
cell,
fall,
feal,
feel,
felt,
fill,
full,
hell,
jell,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- chop
- cut, hew
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-.
2. Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”). See: Middle English '
fellen', Old English '
fellan', Proto-Germanic '
*fallijaną', Proto-Germanic '
*fallaną', Dutch '
vellen', German, old spelling '
fällen', Danish '
fælde'.
Verbs referencing "fell"
English
leather, Norwegian, nynorsk
fella, German, old spelling
fällen, Sranan
fala, Danish
fælde.
Sample Sentences
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[...] up into the sky. It stands in the corner of the poor field of wheat, which is full of great unsightly stumps, like earthy butchers’-blocks. Sometimes the ground is only just now cleared: the felled trees lying yet upon the soil: and the log-house only this morning begun. As we pass this clearing, the settler leans upon his axe or hammer, and looks wistfully at the people from the world. The [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ The Lord Almighty, ” said Tom. “ D—n you ! ” said Legree, as with one blow of his fist he felled Tom to the earth.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)