felling (verb)

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• Felling — Fell Fell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Felling}.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f[ a]llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f[ a]lla, Dan. f[ae]lde. See {Fall}, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• clear-felling — noun Date: 1922 chiefly British clear cutting • clear fell verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cross-date — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: cross (V) intransitive verb : to show by close similarity of spacing, cell structure, and related criteria that certain of the annual rings of two or more different trees or pieces of wood were produced in the same year …   Useful english dictionary

• clear-fell — verb see clear felling …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bushwhack — verb 1》 [often as noun bushwhacking] N. Amer. & Austral./NZ live or travel in the bush.     ↘work clearing scrub and felling trees. 2》 N. Amer. engage in guerrilla warfare.     ↘ambush (someone). Derivatives bushwhacker noun …   English new terms dictionary

• slash — verb 1》 cut with a violent sweeping movement. 2》 informal reduce (a price, quantity, etc.) greatly.     ↘[as adjective slashing] vigorously incisive or effective. 3》 archaic lash, whip, or thrash severely.     ↘criticize severely. noun 1》 a cut… …   English new terms dictionary

• tree — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deciduous, evergreen ▪ coniferous ▪ native ▪ exotic, tropical ▪ ornamental …   Collocations dictionary

• fall — [c]/fɔl / (say fawl) verb (fell, fallen, falling) –verb (i) 1. to descend from a higher to a lower place or position through loss or lack of support; drop. 2. to come down suddenly from a standing or erect position: to fall on one s knees. 3. to… …  

• fall — I. verb (fell; fallen; falling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to descend freely by the force of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• undercut — I. verb ( cut; cutting) Date: 1598 transitive verb 1. to cut away the underpart of < undercut a vein of ore > 2. to cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief 3. to offer to sell at lower… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …   Universalium