shell in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   beat  beat out  crush  shell  trounce  vanquish 
   
2. use explosives on
   "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
   blast  shell 
   
3. create by using explosives
   "blast a passage through the mountain"
   blast  shell 
   
4. remove the husks from
   "husk corn"
   husk  shell 
   
5. remove from its shell or outer covering
   "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
   shell 
   
6. hit the pitches of hard and regularly
   "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
   shell 
   
7. look for and collect shells by the seashore
   shell 
   
8. fall out of the pod or husk
   "The corn shelled"
   shell 
   

1. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
   carapace  shell  cuticle  shield 
   
2. the housing or outer covering of something
   "the clock has a walnut case"
   shell  case  casing 
   
3. the exterior covering of a bird's egg
   shell  eggshell 
   
4. a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
   plate  scale  shell 
   
5. a very light narrow racing boat
   shell  racing shell 
   
6. the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
   shell 
   
7. ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
   shell 
   
8. a rigid covering that envelops an object
   "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
   shell 
   
9. the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
   shell 
   
10. the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
    shell