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verbremove the husks from
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nounhard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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verbcome out better in a competition, race, or conflicttype of:
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nounthe exterior covering of a bird's egg
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nounthe housing or outer covering of somethingtype of:part of:
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nouna metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)type of:
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"The enemy has been shelling us all day"verbuse explosives on
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verbcreate by using explosives
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nouna very light narrow racing boat
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nounammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large guntype of:
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"the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"nouna rigid covering that envelops an objecttype of:
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"The corn shelled"verbfall out of the pod or husktype of:
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"He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"verbhit the pitches of hard and regularlytype of:
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verblook for and collect shells by the seashoretype of:
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"shell the legumes" "shell mussels"verbremove from its shell or outer covering
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nounthe hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopodtype of:
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nounthe hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nutstype of:
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nounthe material that forms the hard outer covering of many animalstype of:
Examples of shell
- "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
- "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
- "The corn shelled"
- "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
- "shell the legumes"
- "shell mussels"