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| Noun | 1. | shell - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gunammo, ammunition - projectiles to be fired from a gun artillery shell - a shell fired by artillery shotgun shell - a shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns shrapnel - shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight tank shell - a shell fired by the cannon on a tank whizbang, whizbang shell, whizzbang - a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits |
| 2. | shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals carapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles animal material - material derived from animals mother-of-pearl, nacre - the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell | |
| 3. | shell - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtlesturtle - any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin cuticula - the outer body wall of an insect scute - large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell shell - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals | |
| 4. | shell - the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts nutshell - the shell around the kernel of a nut hull - dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut | |
| 5. | shell - the exterior covering of a bird's eggcovering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" | |
| 6. | shell - a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice" covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" | |
| 7. | shell - a very light narrow racing boat racing boat - a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing racing skiff, single shell - a shell for a single oarsman scull - a racing shell that is propelled by sculls sliding seat - rower's seat that slides fore and aft | |
| 8. | shell - the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" boot - protective casing for something that resembles a leg grandfather clock, longcase clock - a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case housing - a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component jacket - the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition | |
| 9. | shell - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire shell plating - the plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden ship shield - a protective covering or structure | |
| 10. | shell - the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod valve - one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods valve - the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs scallop shell - a shell of a scallop oyster shell - a shell of an oyster phragmacone, phragmocone - the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite seashell - the shell of a marine organism clamshell - the shell of a clam covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" | |
| Verb | 1. | crump - bombard with heavy shells |
| 2. | shell - create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" | |
| 3. | shell - fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled" emerge - come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office" | |
| 4. | shell - hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning" hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" | |
| 5. | shell - look for and collect shells by the seashore gather - look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" | |
| 6. | shell - 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"walk over - beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship" eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" whomp - beat overwhelmingly get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" get the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors" outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans" checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless outplay - excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers" | |
| 7. | shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" pod - take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans" | |
| 8. | shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn" |