PELT
Dictionary entry overview: What does pelt mean?
• PELT (noun)
The noun PELT has 2 senses:
1. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
2. body covering of a living animal
Familiarity information: PELT used as a noun is rare.
• PELT (verb)
The verb PELT has 3 senses:
1. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
2. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
3. rain heavily
Familiarity information: PELT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PELT (noun)
Meaning:
The dressed hairy coat of a mammal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
fur; pelt
Hypernyms ("pelt" is a kind of...):
animal skin (the outer covering of an animal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pelt"):
astrakhan (the fur of young lambs)
squirrel (the fur of a squirrel)
seal; sealskin (the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal)
sable (the expensive dark brown fur of the marten)
raccoon (the fur of the North American racoon)
otter (the fur of an otter)
muskrat; muskrat fur (the brown fur of a muskrat)
mink (the expensive fur of a mink)
leopard (the pelt of a leopard)
lapin; rabbit (the fur of a rabbit)
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)
Meaning:
Body covering of a living animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hide; pelt; skin
Hypernyms ("pelt" is a kind of...):
body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)
• PELT (verb)
Meaning:
Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pelt; bombard
Context example:
They pelted each other with snowballs
Hypernyms (to "pelt" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pelt"):
lapidate (throw stones at)
snowball (throw snowballs at)
egg (throw eggs at)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
pelt; pepper
Context example:
pelt the speaker with questions
Hypernyms (to "pelt" is one way to...):
assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)
"Pelt" entails doing...:
throw (project through the air)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Rain heavily
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
rain buckets; rain cats and dogs; pelt; stream; pour
Context example:
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!
Hypernyms (to "pelt" is one way to...):
rain; rain down (precipitate as rain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pelt"):
sheet (come down as if in sheets)
sluice; sluice down (pour as if from a sluice)
Sentence frame:
It is ----ing
Sentence example:
It was pelting all day long
