shell
/ʃɛl/
Misollar
- This body is merely a shell.
- I need to shell some walnuts.
- This body is just a shell.
- Where did you find this shell?
- Tom picked up the shell casing.
- Tom broke out of his shell.
ot noun
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One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
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A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
The first lyre may have been made by drawing strings over the underside of a tortoise shell.
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The empty outward form of someone or something.
The setback left him a mere shell; he was never the same again.
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An emaciated person.
He's lost so much weight from illness; he's a shell of his former self.
fe’l verb
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To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
Nuts shell in falling.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.