pelt
21pelt — [[t]pe̱lt[/t]] pelts, pelting, pelted 1) N COUNT: usu pl The pelt of an animal is its skin, which can be used to make clothing or rugs. ...a bed covered with beaver pelts. ...rapidly diminishing suppliers of furs and pelts. Syn: hide 2) VERB If… …
22pelt — v. (d; tr.) to pelt with (to pelt smb. with rocks) * * * [pelt] (d; tr.) to pelt with (to pelt smb. with rocks) …
23pelt — pelt1 [pelt] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) [T] to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them pelt sb with sth ▪ The marchers were pelted with rocks and bottles. 2.) [I and T] to be raining very heavily →↑pour ▪ Rain… …
24pelt — I. /pɛlt / (say pelt) verb (t) 1. to assail with repeated blows or with missiles; beat or rush against. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to drive, put, etc., by blows or missiles. 4. to assail with abuse. –verb (i) 5. to strike blows; beat with force… …
25pelt´er — pelt1 «pehlt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to throw things at; assail: »The children were pelting each other with snowballs. Figurative. The attorney pelted the witness with angry questions. 2. to beat heavily or continuously upon: »Hail pelted the roof …
26pelt — pelt1 /pelt/, v.t. 1. to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles. 2. to throw (missiles). 3. to drive by blows or missiles: The child pelted the cows home from the fields. 4. to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc. 5. to… …
27pelt — 1 verb 1 (T) to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them: pelt sb with sth: The Senator was pelted with rotten eggs. 2 it is pelting down/it is pelting with rain used to mean that it is raining very heavily 3 (intransitive always +… …
28pelt — I [[t]pɛlt[/t]] v. t. 1) to attack with repeated blows or with missiles 2) to throw (missiles) 3) to assail vigorously with words, questions, etc 4) to beat or rush against with repeated forceful blows 5) to beat or pound unrelentingly 6) to… …
29pelt — {{11}}pelt (n.) skin of a fur bearing animal, early 15c., related to earlier pel (c.1300), contraction of pelet, from O.Fr. pelete fine skin, membrane, dim. of pel skin, from L. pellis skin, hide (see FILM (Cf. film)). {{12}}pelt (v.) to strike… …
30pelt — pelt1 verb 1》 hurl missiles at. 2》 (pelt down) (of rain, hail, or snow) fall very heavily. 3》 run very quickly. noun archaic an act of pelting. Phrases (at) full pelt as fast as possible. Origin C15: of unknown origin. pelt2 nou …
