fell
adj : (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: {barbarous}, {brutal}, {cruel}, {roughshod},
{savage}, {vicious}]
n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
[syn: {hide}]
2: made by turning under or folding together and stitching the
seamed materials to avoid rough edges [syn: {felled seam}]
3: the act of felling something (as a tree)
v 1: as of trees or people [syn: {drop}, {strike down}, {cut down}]
2: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing
beneath him" [syn: {fly}, {vanish}]
3: sew a seam by folding the edges