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- pronunciation:
- pelt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
pelts, pelting, pelted |
definition 1: |
to attack by hurling missiles or by repeated blows.
The enemy pelted the fort with cannonballs.The kids pelted each other with snowballs. |
definition 2: |
to throw (missiles) at someone or something.
The castle's defenders pelted rocks down on their foes. |
definition 3: |
to hit repeatedly.
Hard rain pelted my face.- similar words:
- hail
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related words: |
assail, belabor, pound, stone |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to hit something repeatedly with, or as if with, missiles or blows.
Outside it was pelting with rain.- similar words:
- hail
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related words: |
pound |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a blow, as of a missile.
His neck felt the pelt of a rock. |
definition 2: |
a repeated hitting.
We went under an awning to escape the pelt of hail. |
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derivation: |
pelter (n.) |
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