noun
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Synonyms
noun
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
Synonyms
felled seam
noun
the act of felling something (as a tree)
verb
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Synonyms
drop
strike down
cut down
Examples
- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers
verb
pass away rapidly
Synonyms
Examples
- Time flies like an arrow
- Time fleeing beneath him
verb
sew a seam by folding the edges
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Synonyms
Examples
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks