Shell vs. Out
Shellnoun
A hard external covering of an animal.
Shellnoun
The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
Shellnoun
(by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
Shellnoun
(entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
Shellnoun
The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
Shellnoun
The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
Shellnoun
The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
Shellnoun
One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
Shellnoun
(botany) The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
Shellnoun
The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
Shellnoun
A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
Shellnoun
(in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
Shellnoun
(geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
Shellnoun
(weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
Shellnoun
(weaponry) A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scattered at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
Shellnoun
(weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
Shellnoun
(architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
Shellnoun
A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
Shellnoun
A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
Shellnoun
(music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
Shellnoun
(music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
Shellnoun
An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Shellnoun
(nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
Shellnoun
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Shellnoun
(nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
Shellnoun
(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter.
Shellnoun
(chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
Shellnoun
An emaciated person.
Shellnoun
A psychological barrier to social interaction.
Shellnoun
(business) A legal entity that has no operations.
Shellnoun
A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
Shellnoun
(engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
Shellnoun
(phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
Shellverb
To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
Shellverb
To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
Shellverb
(informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
Shellverb
(intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
Shellverb
(intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
Shellverb
To switch to a shell or command line.
Shellverb
To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
Shellverb
(topology) To form a shelling.
Shellnoun
A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
Shellnoun
The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
Shellnoun
A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
Shellnoun
The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
Shellnoun
Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
Shellnoun
A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
Shellnoun
An instrument of music, as a lyre, - the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
Shellnoun
An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Shellnoun
The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
Shellnoun
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Shellnoun
A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
Shellnoun
Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell;
Shellnoun
A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
Shellnoun
A gouge bit or shell bit.
Shellverb
To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
Shellverb
To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
Shellverb
To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
Shellverb
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
Shellverb
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
Shellverb
To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
Shellnoun
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
Shellnoun
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
Shellnoun
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Shellnoun
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
Shellnoun
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
Shellnoun
a rigid covering that envelops an object;
Shellnoun
a very light narrow racing boat
Shellnoun
the housing or outer covering of something;
Shellnoun
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
Shellnoun
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc
Shellverb
use explosives on;
Shellverb
fall out of the pod or husk;
Shellverb
hit the pitches of hard and regularly;
Shellverb
look for and collect shells by the seashore
Shellverb
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;
Shellverb
remove from its shell or outer covering;
Shellverb
remove the husks from;
Shellnoun
the hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean
Shellnoun
the thin outer covering of an animal's egg, which is hard and fragile in that of a bird but leathery in that of a reptile.
Shellnoun
the outer case of a nut kernel or seed
Shellnoun
the carapace of a tortoise, turtle, or terrapin.
Shellnoun
the wing cases of a beetle.
Shellnoun
the integument of an insect pupa or chrysalis.
Shellnoun
used with reference to a state of shyness or introversion
Shellnoun
an explosive artillery projectile or bomb
Shellnoun
a hollow metal or paper case used as a container for fireworks, explosives, or cartridges.
Shellnoun
a cartridge.
Shellnoun
something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case
Shellnoun
the walls of an unfinished or gutted building or other structure
Shellnoun
an outer form without substance
Shellnoun
the metal framework of a vehicle body.
Shellnoun
a light racing boat.
Shellnoun
an inner or roughly made coffin.
Shellnoun
the hand guard of a sword.
Shellnoun
each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies
Shellnoun
short for shell program
Shellverb
bombard with shells
Shellverb
score heavily against (an opposing pitcher or team)
Shellverb
remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed)
Outadverb
Away from the inside or the centre.
Outadverb
Away from home or one's usual place.
Outadverb
Outside; not indoors.
Outadverb
Away from; at a distance.
Outadverb
Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
Outadverb
To the end; completely.
Outadverb
Used to intensify or emphasize.
Outadverb
(of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
Outadverb
Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
Outpreposition
}} Away from the inside.
Outnoun
A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
Outnoun
(baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
Outnoun
(cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
Outnoun
(poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
Outnoun
(dated) A trip out; an outing.
Outnoun
One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
Outnoun
A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
Outnoun
A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
Outverb
(transitive) To eject; to expel.
Outverb
(transitive) To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.
Outverb
(transitive) To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
Outverb
(transitive) To reveal (a secret).
Outverb
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
Outverb
To become apparent.
Outadjective
Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment.
Outadjective
Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
Outadjective
(in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
Outadjective
Openly acknowledging that one is queer and/or genderqueer.
Outadjective
(of flowers) In bloom.
Outadjective
(of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
Outadjective
(of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
Outadjective
(of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
Outadjective
No longer popular or in fashion.
Outadjective
Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
Outadjective
(of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
Outadjective
(obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
Outinterjection
A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
Outinterjection
Get out; begone; away!
Outadverb
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; - opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
Outadverb
Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out. Opposite of in.
Outadverb
Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual or figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; a matter of public knowledge; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
Outadverb
Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out; that style is on the way out.
Outadverb
Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; - used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
Outadverb
Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
Outadverb
Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Outadverb
Out of fashion; unfashionable; no longer in current vogue; unpopular.
Outnoun
One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; - generally in the plural.
Outnoun
A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; - chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.
Outnoun
A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
Outverb
To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
Outverb
To come out with; to make known.
Outverb
To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
Outverb
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
Outinterjection
Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; - with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
Outnoun
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball;
Outverb
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality;
Outverb
reveal somebody else's homosexuality;
Outverb
be made known; be disclosed or revealed;
Outadjective
not allowed to continue to bat or run;
Outadjective
of a fire; being out or having grown cold;
Outadjective
not worth considering as a possibility;
Outadjective
out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election;
Outadjective
excluded from use or mention;
Outadjective
directed outward or serving to direct something outward;
Outadjective
no longer fashionable;
Outadjective
outside or external;
Outadjective
outer or outlying;
Outadjective
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
Outadverb
outside of an enclosed space;
Outadverb
outward from a reference point;
Outadverb
away from home;
Outadverb
from one's possession;
