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{
"pelf":{
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pellets":{
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
"examples":[
"the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"balls",
"bullets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunitions",
"cannonballs",
"caps",
"cartridges",
"charges",
"dumdums",
"gunshots",
"leads",
"loads",
"missiles",
"pops",
"projectiles",
"rounds",
"shells",
"shots",
"slugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in beads , pearls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"pearls",
"pelletizes",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"spheres",
"agglomerates",
"balls",
"rolls",
"rounds",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolls",
"flattens",
"opens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"spreads",
"unfolds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pellucid":{
"easily seen through":{
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
],
"examples":[
"the pellucid waters that lap upon that island's beaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"tinted",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"related":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized",
"glassy",
"vitreous"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"see-through",
"transparent"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"her poetry has a pellucid simplicity that betrays none of the sweat that went into writing it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pelt":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
"examples":[
"caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders"
],
"synonyms":[
"fur",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badger",
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"mink",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"Persian lamb",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"pelted away when the cops arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"pelted the other kids with pebbles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pelage":{
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
"examples":[
"color variation in the snow leopard's pelage"
],
"synonyms":[
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"hair",
"jacket",
"pile",
"wool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undercoat",
"underfur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pell-mell":{
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"when the theater doors opened, there was a pell-mell rush for the best seats"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakneck",
"breathtaking",
"headstrong",
"heady",
"hotheaded",
"impatient",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"madcap",
"reckless",
"unadvised",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift",
"horseback",
"impromptu",
"makeshift",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"rush",
"slapdash",
"snap",
"spontaneous",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"abrupt",
"sudden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculated",
"calculating",
"measured",
"circumspect",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"drawn-out",
"extended",
"long-term",
"prolonged",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"tentative",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"laggard",
"leisurely",
"poky",
"pokey",
"shilly-shallying",
"slow"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
]
},
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
"examples":[
"pell-mell piles of books everywhere in the professor's library"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"wrinkled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
]
},
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
"examples":[
"tossed stuff pell-mell into the dorm room"
],
"synonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"wild",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"ran pell-mell down the road to get help"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"impromptu",
"spontaneously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"pelletized":{
"as in beaded , pearled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaded",
"pearled",
"pelleted",
"bunched",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"sphered",
"agglomerated",
"balled",
"rolled",
"rounded",
"wadded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolled",
"flattened",
"opened",
"smoothed",
"spread",
"unfolded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pelletize":{
"as in bead , pearl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"pearl",
"pellet",
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump",
"sphere",
"agglomerate",
"ball",
"roll",
"round",
"wad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unroll",
"flatten",
"open",
"smooth",
"spread",
"unfold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pelagic":{
"of or relating to the sea":{
"examples":[
"among pelagic animals the undisputed king is the blue whale, the largest creature currently roaming the face of the earth"
],
"synonyms":[
"marine",
"maritime",
"oceanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyssal",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater",
"saltwater",
"benthic",
"admiralty",
"nautical",
"naval",
"undersea",
"underwater",
"hydrographic",
"oceanographic",
"oceanographical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea":{
"examples":[
"at one time pelagic whaling was the cornerstone of the island's economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue-water",
"deep-sea",
"oceanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deepwater",
"marine",
"maritime",
"nautical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"littoral"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pelletizes":{
"as in beads , pearls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"pearls",
"pellets",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"spheres",
"agglomerates",
"balls",
"rolls",
"rounds",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolls",
"flattens",
"opens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"spreads",
"unfolds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pellet":{
"a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm":{
"examples":[
"the tightly packed pellets of a shotgun cartridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball",
"bullet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunition",
"cannonball",
"cap",
"cartridge",
"charge",
"dumdum",
"gunshot",
"lead",
"load",
"missile",
"pop",
"projectile",
"round",
"shell",
"shot",
"slug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blank"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bead , pearl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"pearl",
"pelletize",
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump",
"sphere",
"agglomerate",
"ball",
"roll",
"round",
"wad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unroll",
"flatten",
"open",
"smooth",
"spread",
"unfold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pelletizing":{
"as in beading , pearling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beading",
"pearling",
"pelleting",
"bunching",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"sphering",
"agglomerating",
"balling",
"rolling",
"rounding",
"wadding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolling",
"flattening",
"opening",
"smoothing",
"spreading",
"unfolding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pelts":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
"examples":[
"caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders"
],
"synonyms":[
"furs",
"hides",
"leathers",
"skins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badgers",
"beavers",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"chinchillas",
"ermines",
"fishers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"marten",
"martens",
"mink",
"minks",
"muskrat",
"muskrats",
"otters",
"otter",
"Persian lambs",
"rabbit",
"rabbits",
"raccoon",
"raccoons",
"racoon",
"racoons",
"sables",
"seals",
"bearskins",
"buckskins",
"calfskins",
"coonskins",
"cowhides",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"karakuls",
"kidskins",
"kolinskies",
"lambskins",
"pigskins",
"rawhides",
"sealskins",
"sharkskins",
"sheep",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"fleeces",
"moutons",
"alligators",
"crocodiles",
"cordovans",
"moroccos",
"patent leathers",
"suedes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"pelted away when the cops arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"catapults",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"pelted the other kids with pebbles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pelleting":{
"as in beading , pearling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beading",
"pearling",
"pelletizing",
"bunching",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"sphering",
"agglomerating",
"balling",
"rolling",
"rounding",
"wadding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unrolling",
"flattening",
"opening",
"smoothing",
"spreading",
"unfolding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pelisse":{
"as in roquelaure , pelerine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pelisses":{
"as in roquelaures , pelerines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pellucidly":{
"as in lambently , lustrously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully",
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
}
}