shell
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Definition
noun (English)
1. A hard external covering of an animal.broadly
2. A hard external covering of an animal.
3. (botany) The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.Examples: "The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan."
4. (botany) The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
5. (botany) The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.in-plural
6. (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
verb (English)
1. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).informal
2. (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.intransitive
3. (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.Examples: "Nuts shell in falling."; "Wheat or rye shells in reaping."intransitive
4. (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.Examples: "Automenu is a good program to try, and offers a fair amount of protection - but, unfortunately, it's one of those systems that allow users to shell to DOS."intransitive
5. (topology) To form a shelling.
6. (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).Examples: "He shelled it, and dislocated his finger in the process."slangtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary