shell
1. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile;
fired from a large gun (Freq. 14)
• Hypernyms:
ammunition, ammo
• Hyponyms:
artillery shell, shotgun shell, shrapnel, tank shell, whizbang,
whizzbang, whizbang shell
2. the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
animal material
• Hyponyms:
mother-of-pearl, nacre
• Substance Holonyms:
carapace, cuticle, shield
3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
carapace, cuticle, shield
• Derivationally related forms:
cuticular (for: cuticle)
• Hypernyms:
scute
• Hyponyms:
cuticula
• Part Holonyms:
mollusk, mollusc, shellfish, arthropod, turtle
4. the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
• Hypernyms:
hull
• Hyponyms:
nutshell
5. the exterior covering of a bird's egg
• Syn:
eggshell
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover
• Part Holonyms:
egg, eggs
6. a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover
7. a very light narrow racing boat
• Syn:
racing shell
• Hypernyms:
racing boat
• Hyponyms:
racing skiff, single shell, scull
• Part Meronyms:
sliding seat
8. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
• Syn:
plate, scale
• Hypernyms:
shield
• Hyponyms:
armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour,
horseshoe, shoe, shell plating
9. the housing or outer covering of something
- the clock has a walnut case
• Syn:
case, casing
• Derivationally related forms:
case (for: casing), case (for: case)
• Hypernyms:
housing
• Hyponyms:
boot, gearbox, gear box, gear case, jacket
• Part Holonyms:
grandfather clock, longcase clock
10. the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover
• Hyponyms:
valve, scallop shell, oyster shell, phragmocone, phragmacone,
seashell, clamshell
1. use explosives on (Freq. 1)
- The enemy has been shelling us all day
• Syn:
blast
• Derivationally related forms:
shelling, blast (for: blast), blaster (for: blast)
• Hypernyms:
bombard, bomb
• Hyponyms:
crump
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. fall out of the pod or husk
- The corn shelled
• Hypernyms:
emerge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. hit the pitches of hard and regularly
- He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. look for and collect shells by the seashore
• Hypernyms:
gather
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. 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
• Syn:
beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish
• Derivationally related forms:
vanquishable (for: vanquish), vanquisher (for: vanquish), trouncing (for: trounce), beatable (for: beat), beating (for: beat)
• Hypernyms:
get the better of, overcome, defeat
• Hyponyms:
outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, worst,
pip, mop up, whip, rack up, whomp, get the best,
have the best, overcome, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout, get the jump,
cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey,
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
surmount, outperform, get over, subdue, master, outflank,
trump, best, scoop, outfight, overpower, overmaster,
overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilize, immobilise, outplay,
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
• Verb Group:
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
• Entailment:
win
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
6. remove the husks from
- husk corn
• Syn:
husk
• Derivationally related forms:
husk (for: husk), husking (for: husk)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. create by using explosives
- blast a passage through the mountain
• Syn:
blast
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. remove from its shell or outer covering
- shell the legumes
- shell mussels
• Derivationally related forms:
sheller
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
pod
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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