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felling

felling is the present participle and gerund of fell.

Meaning of fell

Verb

fell (third-person singular simple present fells, present participle felling, simple past and past participle felled)

  1. (transitive) To make something fall; especially a tree.
    • Stand, or I'll fell thee down.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
    • Gahan, horrified, saw the latter's head topple from its body, saw the body stagger and fall to the ground. ... The creature that had felled its companion was dashing madly in the direction of the hill upon which he was hidden, it dodged one of the workers that sought to seize it. … Then it was that...1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010
  3. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
    • To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.2006, Colette Wolff, The Art of Manipulating Fabric, page 296

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Noun

felling (plural fellings)

  1. The act by which something is felled.
    • Much as one appreciates the beauty of these woodlands, it was good to learn that some discreet tree-felling may open up the view still further.1958 July, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 453
    • One forest officer, stationed in the buffer of the Buxa Tiger Reserve, argued that 80% of the illegal fellings are carried out by forest villagers and that more or less all Rabhas are involved.2013, B. G. Karlsson, Contested Belonging, page 107

Proper noun capitalized: Felling

Felling

  1. An eastern suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2761).

Forms of felling

pluralfellings

Words formed from felling

Phrases with felling

Words that rhyme with felling

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Questions about felling

What does felling mean?
Felling means the act by which something is felled.
What is felling the present participle and gerund of?
Felling is the present participle and gerund of fell.
What part of speech is felling?
Felling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of felling?
The plural of felling is fellings.

Words near felling in the dictionary

  1. Fellgate
  2. fellic
  3. fellies
  4. fellifluous
  5. Fellin
  6. felling
  7. felling head
  8. felling heads
  9. fellings
  10. Fellinian
  11. fellinic

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