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1. (noun) shell
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

2. (noun) shell
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

3. (noun) carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

4. (noun) shell
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

5. (noun) shell, eggshell
the exterior covering of a bird's egg

6. (noun) shell
a rigid covering that envelops an object
"the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"

7. (noun) shell, racing shell
a very light narrow racing boat

8. (noun) shell, case, casing
the housing or outer covering of something
"the clock has a walnut case"

9. (noun) plate, scale, shell
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

10. (verb) shell
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

11. (verb) blast, shell
use explosives on
"The enemy has been shelling us all day"

12. (verb) blast, shell
create by using explosives
"blast a passage through the mountain"

13. (verb) shell
fall out of the pod or husk
"The corn shelled"

14. (verb) shell
hit the pitches of hard and regularly
"He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"

15. (verb) shell
look for and collect shells by the seashore

16. (verb) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
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"

17. (verb) shell
remove from its shell or outer covering
"shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"

18. (verb) husk, shell
remove the husks from
"husk corn"

Definitions of 'SHell'

Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) SHell
a hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal

2. (noun) SHell
the covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell

3. (noun) SHell
a pod

4. (noun) SHell
the hard covering of an egg

5. (noun) SHell
the hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like

6. (noun) SHell
hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering

7. (noun) SHell
a hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb

8. (noun) SHell
the case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms

9. (noun) SHell
any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house

10. (noun) SHell
a coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one

11. (noun) SHell
an instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell

12. (noun) SHell
an engraved copper roller used in print works

13. (noun) SHell
the husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc

14. (noun) SHell
the outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve

15. (noun) SHell
a light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell

16. (verb) SHell
to strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters

17. (verb) SHell
to separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk

18. (verb) SHell
to throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town

19. (verb) SHell
to fall off, as a shell, crust, etc

20. (verb) SHell
to cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling

21. (verb) SHell
to be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping

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