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shell in English
- shell⇄adj. shell-like.
- shell⇄adj. 1. having a shell, as an animal or fruit.
2. consisting or formed of a shell or shells; ornamented with shells.
3. having the shape of a shell or a shell pattern. - shell⇄expr. come out of one's shell, to stop being shy or reserved; join in conversation, or other activity, with others.
Ex. Under the soothing influence of coffee ... he came out of his shell (C. F. M. Bell). - shell⇄expr. go (or retire) into one's shell, to become shy and reserved; refuse to join in conversation, or other activity, with others.
Ex. [He] rarely spoke unless personally appealed to, and speedily retired into his shell again (Henry Vizetelly). - shell⇄expr. shell out, (Informal.)
a. to give (something) away.
Ex. to shell out candy at Halloween.
b. to hand over (money); pay out.
Ex. He shelled out five dollars for the broken window. - shell⇄expr. shells, burnt limestone before it is slaked.
Ex. He brings his lime from the kiln, lays it in small heaps, about a firlot of shells in each heap (John Sinclair). - shell⇄noun 1. the hard outer covering of certain animals. Oysters and other mollusks, beetles and some other insects, and turtles have shells.
Ex. The largest shell is that of the giant clam of the South Pacific Ocean (R. Tucker Abbott).
(SYN) car - shell⇄shell, noun, verb, adjective.
- shell⇄v.i. 1. to fall or come out of the shell.
2. to come away or fall off as an outer covering does.
3. to fire cannon or mortar shells. - shell⇄v.t. 1. to take out of a shell.
Ex. Mother is shelling peas.
2. to separate (grains of corn) from the cob.
3. to fire cannon at; bombard with shells.
Ex. The enemy shelled the town for three days.