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Nouns (3)

fur

n. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

hide, skin

n. body covering of a living animal

Verbs (6)

bombard

v. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"

pepper

v. attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"

pour, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets

v. rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

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Fuzzynyms (46)

skin, tegument, cutis

n. a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

coat, pelage

n. growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

sheepskin, fleece

n. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

hide, pelt, skin

n. body covering of a living animal

coat, pelage

n. growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

wool, fleece

n. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

sheepskin, fleece

n. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

fur, pelt

n. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

hide, fell

n. the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

hull

n. dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut

peel, skin

n. the rind of a fruit or vegetable

rind

n. the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

sling

v. hold or carry in a sling; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm"

hurl, hurtle, cast

v. throw forcefully

heave

v. throw with great effort

pummel, pommel, biff

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

beat, pound, thump

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

sling

v. hold or carry in a sling; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm"

course

v. hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"

pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate

v. move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

spurt, spirt, gush, spout

v. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"

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