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Meaning of pelt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pelt
      n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: {fur}, {pelt}]
      2: body covering of a living animal [syn: {hide}, {pelt},
         {skin}]
      v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They
           pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: {pelt}, {bombard}]
      2: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the
         speaker with questions" [syn: {pepper}, {pelt}]
      3: rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
         [syn: {pour}, {pelt}, {stream}, {rain cats and dogs}, {rain
         buckets}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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