Drop a tree
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noun
- Skin, hide, pelt
- A thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide
verb
- To cut, knock, or bring down
"fell a tree"
- Kill
"Her father was felled by a heart attack."
- To sew (a seam) by folding one raw edge under the other and sewing flat on the wrong side
adjective
- Fierce, cruel, terrible
- Sinister, malevolent
"a fell purpose"
- Very destructive deadly
"a fell disease"
- Sharp, pungent
noun
- A high barren field or moor
verb
- To descend freely by the force of gravity
"An apple fell from the tree."
- To hang freely
"her hair falls over her shoulders"
- To drop oneself to a lower position
"fell to his knees"
- To come or go as if by falling
"darkness falls early in the winter"
- To become born
- To become lower in degree or level
"the temperature fell 10°"
- To drop in pitch or volume
"their voices fell to a whisper"
- Issue
"wisdom that fell from his lips"
- To become lowered
"her eyes fell"
- To leave an erect position suddenly and involuntarily
"slipped and fell on the ice"
- To enter as if unawares stumble, stray
"fell into error"
- To drop down wounded or dead
- To suffer military capture
"after a long siege the city fell"
- To lose office
"the party fell from power"
- To suffer ruin, defeat, or failure
"the deal fell through"
- To commit an immoral act
"but man willfully misused his God-given freedom and fell into sin"
- To move or extend in a downward direction
"the land falls away to the east"
- Subside, abate
"the wind is falling"
- To decline in quality, activity, or quantity
"production fell off"
- To lose weight
- To assume a look of shame, disappointment, or dejection
"his face fell"
- To decline in financial value or price
"stocks fell sharply"
- To occur at a certain time
"her birthday falls on a Monday this year"
- To come by chance
"a job that fell into his hands"
- To come or pass by lot, assignment, or inheritance devolve
"it fell to him to break the news"
- To have a certain or proper position, place, or station
"the accent falls on the second syllable"
- To come within the limits, scope, or jurisdiction of something
"this word falls into the class of verbs"
- To pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind or a new state or condition
"fall asleep"
- To set about heartily or actively
"fell to work"
- Strike, impinge
"music falling on the ear"
- Fell
geographical name
- Mountain 3162 feet (964 meters) high in the Cumbrian Mountains of northwestern England, southwest of Keswick; second highest peak in England
idiom
- With a single, quick action or effort
"The court has dismissed all of the charges against him in one fell swoop."
noun
- Clear-cutting
verb
- To withdraw friendship or support
- To renounce one's faith
- To diminish gradually in size
- To drift off a course
This clue was used on February 4, 2025.
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