pelting rain

  • 1rain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ driving, hard, lashing (esp. BrE), pelting, pounding (esp. AmE) ▪ drenching, heavy, pouring, torr …

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  • 2pelting — noun anything happening rapidly or in quick successive (Freq. 1) a rain of bullets a pelting of insults • Syn: ↑rain • Derivationally related forms: ↑pelt • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 3pelting — adj. Pelting is used with these nouns: ↑rain …

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  • 4pelting — Everyday English Slang in Ireland v throwing objects or pelting with rain …

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  • 5pelt — [[t]pe̱lt[/t]] pelts, pelting, pelted 1) N COUNT: usu pl The pelt of an animal is its skin, which can be used to make clothing or rugs. ...a bed covered with beaver pelts. ...rapidly diminishing suppliers of furs and pelts. Syn: hide 2) VERB If… …

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  • 6pelt — pelt1 [pelt] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) [T] to attack someone by throwing a lot of things at them pelt sb with sth ▪ The marchers were pelted with rocks and bottles. 2.) [I and T] to be raining very heavily →↑pour ▪ Rain… …

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  • 8hail — I v 1. salute, greet, welcome, hello, nod to, wave to, smile at, wink at, tip one s hat to; receive, meet. 2. signal, flag down, flag, wave down; call, cry out, sing out, halloo, accost; cry, exclaim, shout, yell, Inf. holler; scream, roar,… …

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  • 9проливной дождь — — [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.] Тематики энергетика в целом EN heavy rainpelting rainpouring rain …

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  • 10hail — [n] torrent barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, hailstorm, pelting, rain, salvo, shower, storm, volley; concepts 189,524 hail [v1] call to, yell for accost, address, flag, flag down*, greet, hello, holler*, salute, shoulder, shout, signal …

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