Shell
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller. To bombard, to fire projectiles at. To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg. The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects. The covering, or outside part, of a nut. A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris. Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate. The conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle. The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a seige 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 (q.v.). The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house. 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. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one. A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell. 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. An engraved copper roller used in print works. The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating. The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve. A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat. A general-purpose environment, usually command-line-oriented, within which other commands are invoked and their interactions controlled. A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number. An emaciated person. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
Example sentence: I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.
Case
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: The last remaining card of a particular rank
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A legal proceeding, lawsuit.One of several similar instances or events which are being studied and compared.An instance of grammatical case; a category of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, specialized (usually by inflection) to indicate a particular syntactic relation to other words in a sentence.A set of grammatical cases or their meanings in a particular language collectively.A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.An instance of a specific condition or set of symptons.A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.A suitcase.A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.In typography, the nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.four of a kindA unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
Example sentence: Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.