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| Main Entry: |
pelt
 [pelt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal fur |
| Synonyms: | coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough, wool |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pummel, thrash |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, berate, blister, clobber, club, drub, lambaste, lash, maul, pelt, revile, scold, trounce, wallop, whip, whomp |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
| Synonyms: | assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck |
Example Sentences
- And you are issued a faux leopard pelt to keep warm.
- The awestruck musicians pelt him with questions about life in heaven.
- Armored police vehicles come flying around corners toward taunting students, who pelt them with rocks.
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal hair |
| Synonyms: | crust, ectoderm, epidermis, felt, fleece, fur, hide, husk, integument, leather, membrane, pelage, pellicle, pelt, peltry, protective covering, rind, scale, scarfskin, shell, skin, wool |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | fur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hair on animals |
| Synonyms: | brush, coat, down, fluff, fuzz, hide, jacket, lint, pelage, pelt, pile, skin, wool |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rain down on |
| Synonyms: | barrage, batter, beat down upon, bombard, pelt, shower, storm, volley |
| Antonyms: | dribble, drip |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, give a black eye, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let fly, let have it, lob, nail, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jacket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | case, casing, coat, envelope, folder, fur, hide, parka, pelt, sheath, skin, threads, tunic, wrapper, wrapping |
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