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pel·let
(pĕl′ĭt)n.
1. A small, solid or densely packed ball or mass, as of food, wax, or medicine.
2.
a. A bullet or piece of small shot.
b. A stone ball, used as a catapult missile or a primitive cannonball.
tr.v. pel·let·ed, pel·let·ing, pel·lets
1. To make or form into pellets.
2. To strike with pellets.
[Middle English pelet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila, ball; akin to pilus, hair (since the balls used in ancient Roman games were stuffed with hair).]
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pellet
(ˈpɛlɪt)n
1. a small round ball, esp of compressed matter: a wax pellet.
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a. an imitation bullet used in toy guns
b. a piece of small shot
3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a stone ball formerly used as a catapult or cannon missile
4. (Zoology) ornithol Also called: cast or casting a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc, that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey
5. (Pharmacology) a small pill
6. (Art Terms) a raised area on coins and carved or moulded ornaments
vb (tr)
7. to strike with pellets
8. to make or form into pellets
[C14: from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilota (unattested), from Latin pila ball]
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pel•let
(ˈpɛl ɪt)n.
1. a small, rounded body, as of food or medicine.
2. a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.
3. one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.
4. a bullet.
5. a ball, usu. of stone, formerly used as a missile.
6. a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains of the prey.
v.t. 7. to hit with pellets.
8. to form into pellets; pelletize.
[1325–75; Middle English pelet < Middle French pelote < Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila ball. See pill 1, -et]
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pellet
Past participle: pelleted
Gerund: pelleting
| Imperative |
|---|
| pellet |
| pellet |
| Present |
|---|
| I pellet |
| you pellet |
| he/she/it pellets |
| we pellet |
| you pellet |
| they pellet |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pelleted |
| you pelleted |
| he/she/it pelleted |
| we pelleted |
| you pelleted |
| they pelleted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pelleting |
| you are pelleting |
| he/she/it is pelleting |
| we are pelleting |
| you are pelleting |
| they are pelleting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pelleted |
| you have pelleted |
| he/she/it has pelleted |
| we have pelleted |
| you have pelleted |
| they have pelleted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pelleting |
| you were pelleting |
| he/she/it was pelleting |
| we were pelleting |
| you were pelleting |
| they were pelleting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pelleted |
| you had pelleted |
| he/she/it had pelleted |
| we had pelleted |
| you had pelleted |
| they had pelleted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pellet |
| you will pellet |
| he/she/it will pellet |
| we will pellet |
| you will pellet |
| they will pellet |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pelleted |
| you will have pelleted |
| he/she/it will have pelleted |
| we will have pelleted |
| you will have pelleted |
| they will have pelleted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pelleting |
| you will be pelleting |
| he/she/it will be pelleting |
| we will be pelleting |
| you will be pelleting |
| they will be pelleting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pelleting |
| you have been pelleting |
| he/she/it has been pelleting |
| we have been pelleting |
| you have been pelleting |
| they have been pelleting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pelleting |
| you will have been pelleting |
| he/she/it will have been pelleting |
| we will have been pelleting |
| you will have been pelleting |
| they will have been pelleting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pelleting |
| you had been pelleting |
| he/she/it had been pelleting |
| we had been pelleting |
| you had been pelleting |
| they had been pelleting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pellet |
| you would pellet |
| he/she/it would pellet |
| we would pellet |
| you would pellet |
| they would pellet |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pelleted |
| you would have pelleted |
| he/she/it would have pelleted |
| we would have pelleted |
| you would have pelleted |
| they would have pelleted |
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Noun 1. [画像:pellet - a small sphere]pellet - a small sphere
2. pellet - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
canister, canister shot, case shot - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
grapeshot, grape - a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
musket ball, ball - a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
projectile, missile - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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pellet
noun
2. little ball, little piece A beetle was rolling a pellet of dung up the hill.
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Translations
رَصاصَه، كُرَيَّهكُرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ
kuličkatabletkabrok
kugle
pelletti
kuglica
golyócska
smákúla
小球
작은 공
šratas
bumbiņalodīteskrots
liten kula
ก้อนกลมเล็กๆ
viên
pellet
[ˈpelɪt] N (= little ball) → bolita f; (for gun) → perdigón m; [of fertilizer] → gránulo m (Med) → píldora fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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pellet
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pellet
(ˈpelit) noun a little ball or similarly-shaped object. He bought a box of lead pellets for his gun. balletjie, korreltjie رَصاصَه، كُرَيَّه топче bolinha kulička, tabletka, brok das Kügelchen kugle σκάγι bolita, perdigón kuulike, haavel ساچمه pelletti boulette, grain כדורית गोली, गुटिका sitna sačma, metak golyócska peluru smákúla pallottola, pallino 小弾丸 작은 알, 산탄 gumulėlis, šratas lodīte; bumbiņa; skrots kacang-kacang balletje liten kule; hagl kulka, ziarenko ګولۍ (لكه ددوا او ډوډۍ): مړ دك، كاړتوس chumbo alică шарик; дробинка; пулька guľka, brok kroglica sačma kula, blyhagel, pellet ก้อนกลมเล็ก ๆ kurşun 小球,小丸,子彈 кулька; дробинка چھرا، گولي viên đạn nhỏ 小球,药丸,子弹
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pellet
→ كُرَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ kulička kugle Kügelchen βώλος perdigón pelletti grain kuglica pallottolina 小球 작은 공 balletje liten kule kulka pelota катышек liten kula ก้อนกลมเล็กๆ tanecik viên 小球Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009