pelt

Noun
  1. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal (synset 114788240)
    is a type of: animal skin - the outer covering of an animal
    subtypes:
    • 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
  2. Body covering of a living animal (synset 101898376)
    is a type of: body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
    same as: hide, skin
Verb
  1. Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile (synset 201510546)
    "They pelted each other with snowballs"
    is a type of: throw - propel through the air
    subtypes:
    same as: bombard
  2. Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles (synset 201123738)
    "pelt the speaker with questions"
    entail: throw - propel through the air
    is a type of: assail, attack - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
    same as: pepper
  3. Rain heavily (synset 202763991)
    "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
    is a type of: rain, rain down - precipitate as rain
    subtypes:
    same as: pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream

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