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fellest

fellest is the superlative form of fell.

fellest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of fell.

fellest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of fall.

Meaning of fell

Adjective

fell (comparative feller, superlative fellest)

  1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
    • one fell swoop
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Very large; huge.
  4. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
    • I am so fell to my business.1667 January 24 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 15th, 1666–1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...

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Meaning of fall

Verb

fall (third-person singular simple present falls, present participle falling, simple past fell, past participle fallen)

  1. (intransitive) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
    • Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
    Synonyms:
    drop, plummet, plunge
  2. (intransitive) To come down, to drop or descend.
    • The rain fell at dawn.
  3. (intransitive) To come as if by dropping down.
    • Once or twice a noise fell upon his quick ear, and we halted, he standing revolver in hand in an attitude of defense. Each time, however, we ascertained that we had no occasion for alarm, the noise being made by some animal or bird ...1898, William Le Queux, Whoso Findeth a Wife, page 256
  4. (intransitive) To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
    • He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
    Synonyms:
    drop, lower oneself, prostrate oneself
  5. (intransitive) To be brought to the ground.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To let fall; to drop.
    • For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

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Origin of fellest

From fell + -est.

Questions about fellest

What is fellest the superlative form of?
Fellest is the superlative form of fell.

Words near fellest in the dictionary

  1. feller-me-lad
  2. feller-me-lads
  3. fellermelad
  4. fellermelads
  5. fellers
  6. fellest
  7. fellfare
  8. fellfares
  9. fellfield
  10. fellfields
  11. Fellgate

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