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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fell.
  • noun Plural form of fell.

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Examples

  • "To wake up in the morning and enjoy such a stunning view of the surrounding countryside over the fells is a real privilege."

    News round-up 2009

  • Jennie's brothers had never been across the "fells" that divided

    Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

  • How well the great groundsman in the sky has readied the fells for the year ahead, thanks to the deprivations of this long, cold winter.

    Country diary: Lake District 2011

  • If it happens to come a thick snow and we have to search for drifted sheep on the fells or carry up hay we have the hardest work of the year.

    From the archive, 26 December 1903: A farmer's Christmas in the Dales 2011

  • The yen, which rallied after Friday's quake on the expectation companies would bring cash home and buy yen to help repair the damage, fells after the sharply after the Bank of Japan offered to inject a record 18 trillion yen about $220 billion into markets to secure confidence.

    Japanese Act to Back Yen; Nikkei Sinks Neil Shah 2011

  • I once dreamed of taking a trip to Northumbria with a lover and reading the poem together on the fells.

    1992, What I Wanted Freeman Ng 2011

  • With the strength of superman, he fells the refrigerator-sized mobsters who want his stash.

    Regina Weinreich: Limitless: Just Say Yes Regina Weinreich 2011

  • Katerina is the author of three murders: first her father-in-law (whom she fells with rat poison), then her husband (dispatched with her lover's help) and finally a rival for her lover's wayward affections.

    A Rollicking and Riveting 'Lady Macbeth' Jonathan Blitzer 2011

  • With the strength of superman, he fells the refrigerator-sized mobsters who want his stash.

    Regina Weinreich: Limitless: Just Say Yes Regina Weinreich 2011

  • The quest for the sublime often led the early artists to exaggerate, making the fells almost unrecognisable.

    A passion for painting in the Lake District 2011

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