shell
/ʃɛl/noun, verb1 syllable
Shell means: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
Synonyms for shell22
noun, as in hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
noun, as in a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
noun, as in the exterior covering of a bird's egg
noun, as in a very light narrow racing boat
verb, as in come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
verb, as in use explosives on
verb, as in create by using explosives
verb, as in remove the husks from
What does shell mean?18
verb
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict“Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship”
use explosives on“The enemy has been shelling us all day”
create by using explosives“blast a passage through the mountain”
remove the husks from“husk corn”
fall out of the pod or husk“The corn shelled”
hit the pitches of hard and regularly“He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning”
look for and collect shells by the seashore
remove from its shell or outer covering“shell the legumes”
noun
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
the housing or outer covering of something“the clock has a walnut case”
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
a very light narrow racing boat
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
a rigid covering that envelops an object“the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice”
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with shell?43
four syllables
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Shell in a sentence
- A chicken egg consists of a shell, a white and a yolk.dzouras
- A second later, a fifth shell erupted from the cannon.AlanF_US
- There is no ghost in the shell, but there is a system.Cabo
- The shell-shocked soldier sat silently, lost in his memories.Myrano_
- Since his wife died, he's been a mere shell of a person.frpzzd
- The shell fell into the ammunition depot, which provoked a series of explosions.carlosalberto
- Not far from the village, a shell exploded.AlanF_US
- Slugs are like snails, but without the shell.arh
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Forms of shell
as a noun
- plural
- shells
as a verb
- past tense
- shelled
- present participle
- shelling
- third-person singular
- shells
- past participle
- shelled