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1. pelt
verb. ['ˈpɛlt'] attack and bombard with or as if with missiles.
Antonyms
Etymology
- pelette (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Pelt
- svelte
- smelt
- dwelt
- welte
- welt
- velte
- melt
- knelt
- helt
- heldt
- felt
- feldt
- dealt
- celt
- belt
Sentences with pelt
1. Noun, singular or mass
If you have a pelt, hold it by the butt while you clean it.
2. Verb, base form
They can pelt the ground even if the ground temperature is above freezing.
3. Verb, past tense
Place the mink pelt fur-side down on a flat surface.
Quotes about pelt
1. The rain to the wind said,You push and I'll pelt.'They so smote the garden bedThat the flowers actually knelt,And lay lodged--though not dead.I know how the flowers felt.
- Robert Frost
2. One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.
- Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
2. pelt
verb. ['ˈpɛlt'] cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile.
Antonyms
Etymology
- pelette (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. pelt
noun. ['ˈpɛlt'] the dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- pelette (Old French (842-ca. 1400))