fells
Knocks to ground
Fells has several distinct meanings.
As a verb, it means to cut or knock down: The storm felled trees across the road, He felled his opponent with one punch.
As a noun, fells are upland moors or hills, especially in northern England: hiking the Lake District fells.
A fell is also an animal hide or pelt.
As an adjective, fell is archaic or literary for fierce or cruel: one fell swoop.
Sloping terrain face
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
- uplandElevated land area
- heathOpen land with shrubs
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
summit · peak · slope · escarpment · tor · knoll · crag · outcrop
Long-distance foot travel
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
trail · footpath · waymarker · hillwalking · summit · ridge · ascent · descent
Woolly farm animal
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- flockAnimals gathered together
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
pasture · livestock · herding · drystone · farmland · lambing · commons · droving
Wood for construction
- treesWoody plants with trunks
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
forestry · woodcutter · sawmill · logging · deforestation · harvest · axe · stump
hillside
Sloping terrain face
ridge · summit · peak · slope · escarpment · tor · knoll · crag · outcrop · plateau
trekking
Long-distance foot travel
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
backpacking · trail · footpath · waymarker · hillwalking · summit · ridge · ascent · descent · panorama
sheep
Woolly farm animal
meadow · pasture · livestock · herding · drystone · farmland · lambing · commons · droving · upland
timber
Wood for construction
- treesWoody plants with trunks
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
chainsaw · forestry · woodcutter · sawmill · logging · deforestation · harvest · axe · stump · trunk
stitches
Thread fastening wounds
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- needlesSlender pointed instruments
knitting · shaping · ribbing · stockinette · raglan · pattern · gauge · cast-off
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- Nordic landscapesfjord, tundra, glacier, boreal forest, aurora borealis
- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, bagpipes
- Romantic PoetryWordsworth, Keats, William Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge
- Arctic Geologyglacial deposits, moraines, eskers, drumlins, erratics
fellserects
Builds upright structures
raises · builds · constructs · upraises · elevates
- fell asleepEntered unconscious rest
- fell apartBroke into components
- fell downLost balance, hit ground
- fell forWas deceived by
- fell throughFailed to materialize
- fell overLost balance and dropped