What is the meaning of shell?

noun

• 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.
• Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
  • synonyms: carapace, cuticle, shield
• The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts.
• The exterior covering of a bird's egg.
  • synonyms: eggshell
• A rigid covering that envelops an object.
  • usage: "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
• A very light narrow racing boat.
  • synonyms: racing shell
• The housing or outer covering of something.
  • usage: "the clock has a walnut case"
  • synonyms: case, casing
• A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners.
  • synonyms: plate, scale
• The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod.

verb

• Use explosives on.
  • usage: "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
  • synonyms: blast
• Create by using explosives.
  • usage: "blast a passage through the mountain"
  • synonyms: blast
• Fall out of the pod or husk.
  • usage: "The corn shelled"
• Hit the pitches of hard and regularly.
  • usage: "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
• Look for and collect shells by the seashore.
• Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
  • usage: "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  • synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish
• Remove from its shell or outer covering.
  • usage: "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
• Remove the husks from.
  • usage: "husk corn"
  • synonyms: husk