pelt
Noun
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The dressed hairy coat of a mammal (synset 114788240)
is a type of: animal skin - the outer covering of an animalsubtypes:
- 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
- seal, sealskin - the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- squirrel - the fur of a squirrel
same as: fur -
Body covering of a living animal (synset 101898376)
is a type of: body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
Verb
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Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile (synset 201510546)
"They pelted each other with snowballs"is a type of: throw - propel through the airsame as: bombard
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Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles (synset 201123738)
"pelt the speaker with questions"entail: throw - propel through the airis a type of: assail, attack - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare withsame as: pepper
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Rain heavily (synset 202763991)
"Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"subtypes:
- sheet - come down as if in sheets
- sluice, sluice down - pour as if from a sluice
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