Main entry: carapace, shell, shield, cuticle
Definition: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Main entry: shell
Definition: the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
Main entry: plate, scale, shell
Definition: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Main entry: shell
Definition: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
Main entry: shell, case, casing
Definition: the housing or outer covering of something
Usage: the clock has a walnut case
Main entry: shell, racing shell
Definition: a very light narrow racing boat
Main entry: shell
Definition: a rigid covering that envelops an object
Usage: the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice
Definition: the exterior covering of a bird's egg
Main entry: shell
Definition: the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
Main entry: shell
Definition: the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Definition: remove the husks from
Usage: husk corn
Main entry: shell
Definition: remove from its shell or outer covering
Usage: shell the legumes; shell mussels
Main entry: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Definition: use explosives on
Usage: The enemy has been shelling us all day
Main entry: shell
Definition: look for and collect shells by the seashore
Main entry: shell
Definition: hit the pitches of hard and regularly
Usage: He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
Main entry: shell
Definition: fall out of the pod or husk
Usage: The corn shelled
Definition: create by using explosives
Usage: blast a passage through the mountain