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pelting down

pelting down is the present participle and gerund of pelt down.

Meaning of pelt down

Verb

pelt down (third-person singular simple present pelts down, present participle pelting down, simple past and past participle pelted down)

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

Questions about pelting down

What is pelting down the present participle and gerund of?
Pelting down is the present participle and gerund of pelt down.

Words near pelting down in the dictionary

  1. Peltier effects
  2. Peltier's cross
  3. peltiform
  4. peltinerved
  5. pelting
  6. pelting down
  7. peltingly
  8. peltings
  9. peltless
  10. peltmonger
  11. peltmongers

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