shell

Nouns

• (n) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
• (n) the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
• (n) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles carapace, cuticle, shield,
• (n) the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
• (n) the exterior covering of a bird's egg eggshell,
• (n) a rigid covering that envelops an object
  • the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
• (n) a very light narrow racing boat racing shell,
• (n) the housing or outer covering of something
  • the clock has a walnut case
  casing, case,
• (n) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) scale, plate,
• (n) the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

Verbs

• (v) use explosives on
  • The enemy has been shelling us all day
  blast,
• (v) create by using explosives
  • blast a passage through the mountain
  blast,
• (v) fall out of the pod or husk
  • The corn shelled
• (v) hit the pitches of hard and regularly
  • He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
• (v) look for and collect shells by the seashore
• (v) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
  • We beat the competition
  • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
  beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush,
• (v) remove from its shell or outer covering
  • shell the legumes
  • shell mussels
• (v) remove the husks from
  • husk corn
  husk,

Synonyms

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