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• pelt with — phr verb Pelt with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑missile, ↑rock …   Collocations dictionary

• pelt with stones — throw stones at, hit with rocks …   English contemporary dictionary

• Pelt — Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something thrown… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pelt — v. (d; tr.) to pelt with (to pelt smb. with rocks) * * * [pelt] (d; tr.) to pelt with (to pelt smb. with rocks) …   Combinatory dictionary

• pelt — 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… …  

• pelt — pelt1 [pelt] vt. [LME pelten < ? pelote,PELLET] 1. to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles 2. to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly 3. to throw or cast (missiles) vi. 1. to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain …   English World dictionary

• Pelt — (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see {Pelisse}); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pelt rot — Pelt Pelt (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see {Pelisse}); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pelt — Ⅰ. pelt [1] ► VERB 1) hurl missiles at. 2) (pelt down) (chiefly of rain) fall very heavily. 3) run very quickly. ● (at) full pelt Cf. ↑full pelt …   English terms dictionary

• pelt — [pelt] verb I 1) [T] to throw a lot of things at someone or something Some of the players were pelted with cans and bottles.[/ex] 2) [I] to run somewhere very fast II noun [C] pelt [pelt] the skin or fur of an animal …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pelt — [[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… …   English dictionary