felled

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It is well known in Sweden that when a pine forest is felled, a growth, not of pine but of birch, immediately springs up.

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  1. transitive verb To cause to fall by striking; cut or knock down: fell a tree; fell an opponent in boxing.
  2. transitive verb To kill: was felled by an assassin's bullet.
  3. transitive verb To sew or finish (a seam) with the raw edges flattened, turned under, and stitched down.

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  • From the Reform League the Reformer's tree near the reservoir took its name; though the original one has been felled, the name is still applied to a neighbouring tree, and political demonstrations, which have been declared legal since 1866, are still held on the open space in the vicinity Oxford Street, which forms the northern boundary of the district, has already been described in the book on "Marylebone," with which district it is closely identified. —  Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London
  • When the trees were felled, the neighbors would come and help roll the logs into great piles for burning. —  A Brief History of the United States
  • Then a tree is felled, and, after being decked with ribbons, is set up on some chosen spot. —  The Golden Bough
  • As the trees were to be felled, and stones to be digged, so there was for that matter select workmen appointed. —  Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
  • But pick up three chips of the tree you felled, and put them in your pocket. ' —  The Brown Fairy Book
 

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