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Verb shell has 7 senses

blast, shell - use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
--₁ is one way to bombard, bomb

Derived forms: noun shell₁, noun shelling₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shell - fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
--₂ is one way to emerge

Derived form: noun shell₄
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
shell - hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
--₃ is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
shell - look for and collect shells by the seashore
--₄ is one way to gather

Derived forms: noun shell₁₀, noun shell₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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"
--₅ is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
--₆ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw

Derived forms: noun shell₁₀, noun shell₄, noun sheller₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
husk, shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn"
--₇ is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw

Derived form: noun shell₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something