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pelt ¹  (plt)

n.

1. The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.

2. A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

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[Middle English, probably from Old French pelete, diminutive of pel, skin, from Latin pellis; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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pelt ¹

Verb

1. to throw (missiles) at

2. (foll. by along)etc. to hurry

3. to rain heavily

Noun

1. a blow

2. at full pelt very quickly: she ran down the street at full pelt [origin unknown]

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pelt ²

Noun

the skin or fur of an animal, esp. as material for clothing or rugs: the lucrative international trade in beaver pelts [probably from Latin pellis skin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal   fur animal skin - the outer covering of an animal astrakhan - the fur of young lambs bearskin - the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug) beaver, beaver fur - the soft brown fur of the beaver chinchilla - the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla ermine - the expensive white fur of the ermine fox - the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox lambskin - the skin of a lamb with the wool still on lapin, rabbit - the fur of a rabbit leopard - the pelt of a leopard mink - the expensive fur of a mink muskrat, muskrat fur - the brown fur of a muskrat otter - the fur of an otter raccoon - the fur of the North American racoon sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten sealskin, seal - the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" squirrel - the fur of a squirrel
	2.	pelt - body covering of a living animal hide, skin body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
Verb	1.	pelt - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" bombard lapidate - throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation" snowball - throw snowballs at egg - throw eggs at throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	2.	pelt - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" pepper attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
	3.	pelt - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream, pour rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

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pelt ¹

verb 1. shower, beat, strike, pepper, batter, thrash, bombard, wallop (informal) assail, pummel, hurl at, cast at, belabour, sling at

verb 2. pour, teem, rain hard, bucket down (informal) rain cats and dogs (informal)

verb 3. rush, charge, shoot, career, speed, tear, belt (slang) dash, hurry, barrel (along) (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad. whizz (informal) stampede, run fast, burn rubber (informal)

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pelt ²

noun coat, fell, skin, hide

Translations

pelt [pɛlt] vt to pelt sb with sth → arrojarle algo a algn vi (rain) (also: pelt down) → llover a cántaros

n → pellejo

pelt [pɛlt] vt to pelt sb (with) → bombarder qn (de) vi [rain] → tomber à seaux;

(inf) (= run); courir à toutes jambes

n → peau f

pelt [pɛlt] vi [rain] (also: pelt down) → niederprasseln;

(inf) (= run); rasen

n (= animal skin) → Pelz m, Fell nt

vt to pelt sb with sth → jdn mit etw bewerfen

pelt [pɛlt] vt to pelt sb (with) → bombardare qn (con) vi [rain] → piovere a dirotto

n → pelle f

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pelt

v pelt [pelt]

1 to throw (things) at The children pelted each other with snowballs. gooi يَرمي على، يَرْشُق обсипвам házet overdænge bewerfen πετροβολώ, εκτοξεύω tirar, lanzar pilduma پرتاب کردن heittää lancer לִזרוֹק עַל- फेंकना nabacivati se,bacati megdobál melemparkan láta dynja á, kasta (e-u) að lanciare, colpire 投げつける 내던지다 (ap)mėtyti, (ap)svaidyti apmētāt; pikoties membaling bekogelen bombardere, pælme obrzucać bombardear a arunca забрасывать hádzať obmetavati gađati se kasta, bombardera เขวี้ยง atmak, ... yağmuruna tutmak 投 закидати بھينکنا ném 投

2 to run very fast He pelted down the road. ren, vinnig hardloop يُهَرْوِل، يَرْكُض مُسْرِعا бягам uhánět drøne jagen τρέχω ολοταχώς a toda prisa correr liduma شتافتن pyrähtää courir à toutes jambes לַרוּץ בִּמהִירוּת तेजी से दौड़ना, झपटना sjuriti rohan lari skjótast precipitarsi 疾走する 질주하다 lėkti galvotrūkčiais drāzties vēja ātrumā berlari pantas hollen storme/av gårde rase gnać, pędzić desatar a correr a alerga cât îl ţin picioarele броситься, ринуться uháňať dirjati juriti rusa, kuta วิ่งอย่างเร็ว hızla koşmak 迅猛前進 поспішати; кинутися بھاگنا chạy vắt chân lên cổ 迅猛前进

3 (of rain; sometimes also of hailstones) to fall very heavily You can't leave now – it's pelting (down). reën hard يَهْطُل المَطَر пера lít jako z konve, bubnovat styrte ned; vælte ned niederprasseln βρέχει καταρρακτωδώς llover a cántaros paduvihma sadama کوفتن؛ با شدت باریدن sataa kaatamalla tomber à seaux יוֹרֵד גֶשֶם חָזָק मूसलाधार बरसना (kiša)jako udarati zuhog hujan lebat dynja, steypast yfir; hellirigna scrosciare 激しく降る (비·우박 등이) 세차게 퍼붓다 pliaupti, kristi grabināt, sisties hujan turun mencurah-curah kletteren, gieten pøse ned, piske bębnić saraivar a ploua (cu găleata) барабанить, стучать liať ako z krhly; bubnovať liti pljuštati vräka, piska กระหน่ำ yağmak (雨等)大降，下得很大 стукати, лити بوچھاڑ ہونا mưa như trút （雨等）大降，下得很大

at full pelt

(running) as fast as possible They set off down the road at full pelt. in dolle vaart, snel بأقْصى سُرْعَه с пълна скорост plným tryskem for fuldt drøn in voller Geschwindigkeit ολοταχώς a toda prisa täie hooga با سرعت تمام täyttä vauhtia à fond de train רִיצָה מְהִירָה पूरी गति juriti svom brzinom teljes iramban secepat-cepatnya á fullri ferð a tutta velocità まっしぐらに 전속력으로 galvotrūkčiais, visu greičiu vēja ātrumā dgn secepat-cepatnya in allerijl i full fart biec pędem a todo o vapor cu toată viteza со всех ног plnou rýchlosťou z vso naglico punom parom i full fart เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะทำได้ olabildiğince hızlı koşarak 盡速地，開足馬力 на повний хід جتني جلد ممکن ہو chạy vắt chân lên cổ 尽速地，开足马力