nnoun.actthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific targetSynset:barrage barrage fire battery bombardment
Examples:- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
Derivationally Related Form:shell
Hypernyms:fire firing
Inherited Hypernyms:barragefireattackoperationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.competitionuse explosives onSynset:blast shell
Examples:- The enemy has been shelling us all day
Derivationally Related Form:blastblastershellshelling
Hypernyms:bomb bombard
Inherited Hypernyms:blastbombardattackcontend
Direct Hyponyms:crump
Full Troponyms:crump
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.creationcreate by using explosivesSynset:blast shell
Examples:- blast a passage through the mountain
Hypernyms:create make
Inherited Hypernyms:blastmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactfall out of the pod or huskDerivationally Related Form:shell
Hypernyms:emerge
Inherited Hypernyms:shellemergeappear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contacthit the pitches of hard and regularlyExamples:- He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
Hypernyms:hit
Inherited Hypernyms:shellhitpropelmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.contactlook for and collect shells by the seashoreDerivationally Related Form:shell
Hypernyms:gather
Inherited Hypernyms:shellgathersearch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.competitioncome out better in a competition, race, or conflictSynset:beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish
Examples:- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Derivationally Related Form:beatabletrouncingvanquisherbeatingvanquishable
Hypernyms:defeat get the better of overcome
Inherited Hypernyms:beatget the better of
Direct Hyponyms:batbestcheatcheckmatechicanechouseclobbercreamdrubeliminateexceedget overget the bestget the jumphave the bestimmobiliseimmobilizejockeylickmastermatemop upoutdooutfightoutflankoutgooutmatchoutperformoutplayoutpointoutscoreoutstripovercomeovermasteroverpoweroverwhelmpiprack uproutscoopscrewshaftspread-eaglespreadeaglesubduesurmountsurpassthrashtrumpwalk overwhipwhompworst
Entailment:win
Full Troponyms:betterbulldogcheatcheckmatecreameliminateget the bestget the jumpimmobilizeout-herodoutbraveoutdooutdrawoutfightoutfoxoutgeneraloutgrowoutmaneuveroutmarchoutpaceoutplayoutpointoutrangeoutroaroutsailoutselloutshineoutshoutoutwearoutweighoutwitovercomeoverpowershamespread-eaglesteamrollersurpassupstagewalk overwhompworst
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: beat, trounce, crush, beat out, vanquish)
vverb.changeremove from its shell or outer coveringExamples:- shell the legumes
- shell mussels
Derivationally Related Form:shellershell
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:shellremove
Direct Hyponyms:pod
Full Troponyms:pod
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeremove the husks fromSynset:husk shell
Derivationally Related Form:huskinghuskshell
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:huskremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something