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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) shell ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
(n) shell the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
(n) shell the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
(n) shell a rigid covering that envelops an object “the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice”
(n) shell , case , casing the housing or outer covering of something “the clock has a walnut case”
(n) plate , scale , shell a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
(n) shell the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
Verbs (v) blast , shell use explosives on “The enemy has been shelling us all day”
(v) blast , shell create by using explosives “blast a passage through the mountain”
(v) shell fall out of the pod or husk “The corn shelled”
(v) shell hit the pitches of hard and regularly “He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning”
(v) shell look for and collect shells by the seashore
(v) 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”
(v) shell remove from its shell or outer covering “shell the legumes” ,
“shell mussels”
(v) husk , shell remove the husks from “husk corn”