FELL Copy link • FELL 1. adj., Vid: CRUEL. 2. s. Vid: HIDE. 3. v. To throw or knock to the ground, sternere: prosternere: affligere: dejicere: deturbare: evertere: subvertere. [SYN. in To THROW DOWN.] To hew or cut down, caedere (general term, to cut down, arbores, silvas, etc.; also an enemy): excidere (arborem; opposed to evellere): succidere (saw through at the bottom, arbores): dolabris sternere (Curt.). To fell timber, materiam caedere: materiari (Caes., B.G., 7, 73).