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  • Definition
    • shell :use explosives on
      • The enemy has been shelling us all day

    • shell :create by using explosives
      • blast a passage through the mountain

    • shell :fall out of the pod or husk
      • The corn shelled

    • shell :hit the pitches of hard and regularly
      • He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning

    • shell :a rigid covering that envelops an object
      • the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice

    • shell :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

    • shell :remove from its shell or outer covering
      • shell the legumes|shell mussels

    • shell :the housing or outer covering of something
      • the clock has a walnut case

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