Pelt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.
  • n. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.
  • v. To strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard: pelted each other with snowballs.
  • v. To cast, hurl, or throw (missiles): children who pelted stones at the neighbors' windows.
  • v. To strike repeatedly: Hailstones pelted the tent.
  • verb-intransitive. To beat or strike heavily and repeatedly.
  • verb-intransitive. To move at a vigorous gait.
  • n. A sharp blow; a whack.
  • n. A rapid pace: galloped away at a pelt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
  • n. The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
  • n. Human skin.
  • v. To bombard, as with missiles.
  • v. To rain or hail heavily.
  • v. To throw out words.
  • v. To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
  • v. To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
  • n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th fell.
  • n. The human skin.
  • n. The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.
  • v. To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles
  • v. To throw; to use as a missile.
  • verb-intransitive. To throw missiles.
  • verb-intransitive. To throw out words.
  • n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To push; thrust.
  • To assail with missiles; assail or strike with something thrown.
  • To throw; cast; hurl.
  • To throw missiles.
  • To fall or descend (on one) with violence or persistency: as, a pelting rain.
  • To proceed rapidly and without intermission; hurry on: as, the horses pelted along at a fine pace.
  • To bandy words; use abusive language; be in a passion.
  • To submit; become paltry.
  • n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.
  • n. Rage; anger; passion.
  • n. The skin of a beast with the hair on it, especially of one of the smaller animals used in furriery; specifically, a fur-skin dried but not prepared for use as fur; a raw hide: sometimes applied to a garment made from such a skin.
  • n. The mangled quarry of a hawk; the dead body of a bird killed by a hawk.
  • n. Soft leather used for covering inking-pelds.
  • n. Synonyms Hide, etc. See skin.
  • To skin; fleece; pluck the pelt from.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
  • v. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
  • v. rain heavily
  • n. body covering of a living animal
  • n. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  • Verb Form
    pelted    pelting    pelts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assail    attack    body covering   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    fell   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    throw    strike    pepper    bepepper    bepelt    stone    egg    pellet    lapidate    bombard   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Celt    belt    celt    dealt    dwelt    felt    knelt    melt    smelt    svelte   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fur    hide    mane    paw    cape    cloak    carcass    plumage    skin    muzzle