fell

1. A cutting-down of timber.
2. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
3. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

1. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
2. To strike down, kill, destroy.
3. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

1. An animal skin, hide, pelt.
2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

1. (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
2. (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.

1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

   one fell swoop

2. Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
3. Very large; huge.
4. Eager; earnest; intent.

adverb

Sharply; fiercely.

noun

Anger; gall; melancholy.

noun

The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
2. To move downwards.
3. To happen, to change negatively.
4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

   And so it falls to me to make this important decision.  The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.

5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
6. To bring forth.

   to fall lambs

7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.

   to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties

10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.

    After arguing, they fell to blows.

13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

    An unguarded expression fell from his lips.

14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

    An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.