Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shell

8 senses of shell

Sense 1
blast, shell -- (use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day")
       => bombard, bomb -- (throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden")

Sense 2
blast, shell -- (create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")

Sense 3
shell -- (fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled")
       => emerge -- (come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office")

Sense 4
shell -- (hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning")
       => hit -- (cause to move by striking; "hit a ball")

Sense 5
shell -- (look for and collect shells by the seashore)
       => gather -- (look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall")

Sense 6
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (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")
       => get the better of, overcome, defeat -- (win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up")

Sense 7
shell -- (remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 8
husk, shell -- (remove the husks from; "husk corn")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Antonyms of adj shelled

1 sense of shelled

Sense 1
shelled (vs. unshelled) -- (of animals or fruits that have a shell)

unshelled (vs. shelled), shell-less -- (of animals or fruits that have no shell)

Similarity of adj shelled

1 sense of shelled

Sense 1
shelled (vs. unshelled) -- (of animals or fruits that have a shell)
       => hard-shelled -- (of animals or plants that have a hard shell)
       => smooth-shelled -- (having a smooth shell)
       => spiral-shelled -- (having a shell that forms a spiral)
       => thin-shelled -- (of animals or plants that have a thin shell)