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Definitions for Felling

[1] simple past tense of fall.
[2] to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree.
[3] Sewing . to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
[4] Lumbering . the amount of timber cut down in one season.
[5] Sewing . a seam finished by felling.
[6] a town in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear; formerly noted for coal mining. Pop: 34 196 (2001)
[7] to cut or knock down to fell a tree ; to fell an opponent
[8] needlework to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
[9] US and Canadian the timber felled in one season
[10] a seam finished by felling
[11] archaic cruel or fierce; terrible
[12] archaic destructive or deadly a fell disease
[13] one fell swoop a single hasty action or occurrence
[14] the past tense of fall
[15] an animal skin or hide
[16] (often plural) Northern English and Scot a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor (in combination ) fell-walking

Words related to Felling

fellshoot, tumble, drop, flatten, slash, raze, rive, gash, cleave, cut, level, floor, demolish, down, hew, split, sunder, hack, prostrate, mangle

Words nearby Felling

fellfelix, felix i, felix iii, felix iv, felixstowe, fell, fell pony, fella, fellable, fellah, fellate

Origin of Felling

2before 900; Middle English fellen, Old English fellan, causative of feallan to fall; cognate with Gothic falljan to cause to fall

Word origin for Felling

C13: from Old Norse fjall ; related to Old High German felis rock

Synonyms for Felling

drop, flatten, raze, shoot, shoot down, slash, tumble, cleave, cut, dash, demolish, down, floor, gash, ground, hack, hew, level, mangle, prostrate, rive, sever, split, sunder, blow down, bowl over, bring down, cause to fall, cut down, knock down, knock over, lay low, mow down, pull down, strike down, throw down