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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.gooiيَرمي على، يَرْشُقобсипвамházetoverdængebewerfenπετροβολώ, εκτοξεύωtirar, lanzarpildumaپرتاب کردنheittäälancerלִזרוֹק עַל-फेंकनाnabacivati se,bacatimegdobálmelemparkanláta dynja á, kasta (e-u) aðlanciare, colpire投げつける내던지다(ap)mėtyti, (ap)svaidytiapmētāt; pikotiesmembalingbekogelenbombardere, pælmeobrzucaćbombardeara aruncaзабрасыватьhádzaťobmetavatigađati sekasta, bombarderaเขวี้ยงatmak, ... yağmuruna tutmak投закидатиبھينکناném投

2 to run very fast He pelted down the road.ren, vinnig hardloopيُهَرْوِل، يَرْكُض مُسْرِعاбягамuhánětdrønejagenτρέχω ολοταχώςa toda prisa correrlidumaشتافتنpyrähtääcourir à toutes jambesלַרוּץ בִּמהִירוּתतेजी से दौड़ना, झपटनाsjuritirohanlariskjótastprecipitarsi疾走する질주하다lėkti galvotrūkčiaisdrāzties vēja ātrumāberlari pantashollenstorme/av gårde rasegnać, pędzićdesatar a correra alerga cât îl ţin picioareleброситься, ринутьсяuháňaťdirjatijuritirusa, kutaวิ่งอย่างเร็วhızla koşmak迅猛前進поспішати; кинутисяبھاگناchạy 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 hardيَهْطُل المَطَرпераlít jako z konve, bubnovatstyrte ned; vælte nedniederprasselnβρέχει καταρρακτωδώςllover a cántarospaduvihma sadamaکوفتن؛ با شدت باریدنsataa kaatamallatomber à seauxיוֹרֵד גֶשֶם חָזָקमूसलाधार बरसना(kiša)jako udaratizuhoghujan lebatdynja, steypast yfir; hellirignascrosciare激しく降る(비·우박 등이) 세차게 퍼붓다pliaupti, kristigrabināt, sistieshujan turun mencurah-curahkletteren, gietenpøse ned, piskebębnićsaraivara ploua (cu găleata)барабанить, стучатьliať ako z krhly; bubnovaťlitipljuštativräka, piskaกระหน่ำyağmak(雨等)大降，下得很大стукати, литиبوچھاڑ ہوناmưa 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, snelبأقْصى سُرْعَهс пълна скоростplným tryskemfor fuldt drønin voller Geschwindigkeitολοταχώςa toda prisatäie hoogaبا سرعت تمامtäyttä vauhtiaà fond de trainרִיצָה מְהִירָהपूरी गतिjuriti svom brzinomteljes irambansecepat-cepatnyaá fullri ferða tutta velocitàまっしぐらに전속력으로galvotrūkčiais, visu greičiuvēja ātrumādgn secepat-cepatnyain allerijli full fartbiec pędema todo o vaporcu toată vitezaсо всех ногplnou rýchlosťouz vso naglicopunom paromi full fartเร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะทำได้olabildiğince hızlı koşarak盡速地，開足馬力на повний хідجتني جلد ممکن ہوchạy vắt chân lên cổ尽速地，开足马力