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pelt

 
Noun pelt has 2 senses
  1. fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
    --1 is a kind of animal skin
    --1 has particulars:
     astrakhan; bearskin; beaver; chinchilla; ermine; fox; lambskin; lapin, rabbit; leopard; mink; muskrat; otter; raccoon; sable; seal, sealskin; squirrel
  2. hide, pelt, skin - body covering of a living animal
    --2 is a kind of body covering
Verb pelt has 3 senses
  1. pelt, bombard - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"
    --1 is one way to throw
    Derived forms: noun pelter2, noun pelting1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody with something
  2. pepper, pelt - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"
    --2 is one way to attack, assail
    Derived form: noun pelter2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody with something
  3. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
    --3 is one way to rain, rain down
    Derived form: noun pelter1
    Sample sentence:
    It was pelting all day long
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