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pelt
Noun
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The skin of an animal with hair on it; a raw hide; a skin with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
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The human skin.
pelt
Verb
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If you pelt somebody, you throw things at them and hit them.
As soon as I got out of my car, my children started pelting me with snowballs.
The angry mob began to pelt the police with rocks. Luckily, the police were wearing armour, so the rocks just bounced off of them.
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If you pelt somebody with questions, words, facts, etc, you say those things quickly, without stopping.
As soon as she got back from Africa, her parents started pelting her with questions about what it was like.
Every time Daniel got home late, his girlfriend pelted him with accusations that he was visiting another woman, even if he had just stayed late at work.
Every time I get back from vacations, my boss pelts me with demands and jobs before I can even sit down in my chair.
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If one thing pelts against another thing, the first thing bangs or drums on the second thing.
The rain pelted on the roof of the car so loudly that we couldn't hear each other talk.
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If you pelt someone, you hit them over and over again.
The smaller boy tried to fight the bully, but he got pelted.
The bully was still pelting the smaller boy when the police arrived. The bully went to jail for hurting the smaller boy so badly that he had to go to the hospital.
flesh
Noun
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Flesh is the meat on an animal or in a fruit.
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Flesh is a person's skin.
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Flesh color is the color of a white person's skin.
flesh
Verb
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To fatten.
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To add details.
The writer had to go back and flesh out the climactic scene.
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To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
machine
Noun
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A machine is a man-made object with moving parts.
I'm putting the clothes in the washing machine. Is there anything you want washed?
This new machine is the fastest computer I've ever had.
machine
Verb
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If you machine something you fasten or shape it with a machine.