Pelt vs. Fur

Peltnoun

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.

Furnoun

The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

Peltnoun

The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.

Furnoun

The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.

Peltnoun

(humorous) Human skin.

Furnoun

A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.

Peltnoun

A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Furnoun

A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

Peltverb

(transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.

‘They pelted the attacking army with bullets.’;

Furnoun

A thick pile of fabric.

Peltverb

(transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.

‘The children pelted apples at us.’;

Furnoun

The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

Peltverb

(intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.

‘It's pelting down out there!’;

Furnoun

The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

Peltverb

(intransitive) To throw out words.

Furnoun

The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

Peltverb

(transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.

Furnoun

(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.

Peltverb

To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.

‘The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.’;

Furnoun

Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

Peltnoun

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

‘Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes.’;

Furnoun

A furry; a member of the furry subculture.

Peltnoun

The human skin.

Furnoun

Pubic hair.

Peltnoun

The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Furnoun

Sexual attractiveness.

Peltnoun

A blow or stroke from something thrown.

Furverb

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

Peltverb

To strike with something thrown or driven; to assail with pellets or missiles, as, to pelt with stones; pelted with hail.

‘The chidden billows seem to pelt the clouds.’;

Furverb

(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

Peltverb

To throw; to use as a missile.

‘My Phillis me with pelted apples plies.’;

Furverb

To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Peltverb

To throw missiles.

Furpreposition

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Peltverb

To throw out words.

‘Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.’;

Furnoun

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

Peltnoun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Furnoun

The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Peltnoun

body covering of a living animal

Furnoun

Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

Peltverb

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile;

‘They pelted each other with snowballs’;

Furnoun

Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

‘Wrapped up in my furs.’;

Peltverb

attack and bombard with or as if with missiles;

‘pelt the speaker with questions’;

Furnoun

Any coating considered as resembling fur

Peltverb

rain heavily;

‘Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!’;

Furnoun

One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

Furadjective

Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

Furverb

To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

Furverb

To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

Furverb

To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.

Furnoun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Furnoun

dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

Furnoun

a garment made of fur

Furnoun

a member of a Muslim people of the mountainous and desert regions of south-western Sudan.

Furnoun

the language of the Fur, an isolated member of the Nilo-Saharan family, with about 500,000 speakers.

Furverb

coat or clog with a deposit

‘the stuff that furs up coronary arteries’;

Furverb

covered with or made from a particular type of fur

‘the black-furred rabbit’;

Furverb

level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood

‘the drain could be concealed by furring out the original wall’;

Furadjective

relating to the Fur or their language.

Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of many different animals, particularly mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath.