Contemporary Examples. â 1 The government failed to show that it had adequate basis for the certification,â he wrote in August. â 2 As long as they have an adequate body weight, most women will ovulate just fine, even on marathon weekend,â he says. 3  The airline industry has failed to give an adequate answer to that.
Definition of nettle. 1  1 : any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs â¦ legs, which smarted from the stings of nettles â¦ â James Stephens. 2  2 : any of various prickly or stinging plants other than the true nettles (genus Urtica)
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: pelt, n. a raw hide: the quarry or prey of a hawk all torn.âns. Peltâ²monger, a dealer in skins; Peltâ²ry, the skins of animals with the fur on them: furs.