Meaning

1 senses

  1. To rain heavily; to sleet, snow or hail heavily.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I just saw this van going full pelt down the middle of the road...

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  2. It's pelting down.

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Forms

pelts down, pelting down, pelted down, pelted down
Base formpelt down · to pelt down
3rd person singularpelts down
Present participlepelting down
Past simplepelted down
Past participlepelted down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypelt down
he, she, itpelts down

Past simpleLesson

all personspelted down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pelted down
he, she, ithas pelted down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pelt down

Synonyms

11 synonyms
pourA2streamB1teemC2bucket downchuck it downlash downpeltpiss downpour downrain cats and dogswhip down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pelletpelotonpeltpelvicpelvispenA1
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