Read full poem →_Cain._ What! fallen? so quickly down—so easily felled,
And so completely? Why, he does not move.
Dictionary Entry
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
Origin
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Common Phrases
trees felled. felledtree felled
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Poetry examples for “felled”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And from my hands the reins will slip away.
Ah, Pelops from his coach was almost felled,
Hippodamia's looks while he beheld!
Read full poem →Long, long ago in a dim unknown land,
A massive forest-tree, ax-felled, adze-hewn,
Was deftly done by cunning mortal hand
Read full poem →The blizzard felled the elm whose crest
I sat in, by a woodpecker's round hole,
Read full poem →But to renew --
Felled by but one assassin --
Prosperity --
Read full poem →And when clouds vanished made thy shade amends--
With axe at root he felled thee to the ground
And barked of freedom--O I hate the sound
Read full poem →Being bark-bound, flagged, snapped, fell outright,
And in his fall felled me!