English to English
noun
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
source: WordNet 3.0
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
source: WordNet 3.0
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
source: WordNet 3.0
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
source: WordNet 3.0
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
source: WordNet 3.0
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
The satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a very light narrow racing boat
source: WordNet 3.0
- the housing or outer covering of something
The clock has a walnut case.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
source: WordNet 3.0
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
source: WordNet 3.0
- A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
source: Webster 1913
- Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell;
source: Webster 1913
verb
- use explosives on
The enemy has been shelling us all day.
source: WordNet 3.0
- create by using explosives
Blast a passage through the mountain.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fall out of the pod or husk
The corn shelled.
source: WordNet 3.0
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.
source: WordNet 3.0
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- remove from its shell or outer covering
Shell the legumes.
Shell mussels.
source: WordNet 3.0
- remove the husks from
Husk corn.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
source: Webster 1913
- To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [siél] Balát; kabibe; susô
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [siél] Talupan; upakan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
