ˈkɛɹ.əˌpeɪs ˈkeɪsɪŋ kɹʌʃ ˈkjuːtɪkəl ˈɛɡʃɛl ʃɛl ʃɛl ˈvæŋkwɪʃ remove the husks from husk corn remove from its shell or outer covering shell the legumes shell mussels 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 use explosives on The enemy has been shelling us all day look for and collect shells by the seashore hit the pitches of hard and regularly He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning fall out of the pod or husk The corn shelled create by using explosives blast a passage through the mountain hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun the housing or outer covering of something the clock has a walnut case a very light narrow racing boat a rigid covering that envelops an object the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice the exterior covering of a bird's egg the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals