shell
/ʃɛl/ verbe B2En français : décortiquer, écosser, douiller
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery. · The guns shelled the enemy trenches.
- To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk. · Nuts shell in falling.· Wheat or rye shells in reaping.
- To switch to a shell or command line.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- To form a shelling.
He/she/it shells · Prétérit shelled · Participe passé shelled · Forme en -ing shelling
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- shell
- He/she/it
- shells
- Prétérit
- shelled
- Participe passé
- shelled
- Forme en -ing
- shelling
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
“No, I’ll finish shelling them myself.
“I don’t know what I wouldn’t sooner have had happen,” thought Marilla, as she nervously shelled the peas.
Monte Cristo opened the tortoise-shell box, which the lady presented to him, and inhaled the odor of the lozenges with the air of an amateur who thoroughly appreciated their composition.
“Anne,” she said to that small personage, who was shelling peas by the spotless table and singing, “Nelly of the Hazel Dell” with a vigor and expression that did credit to Diana’s teaching, “did you see anything of my amethyst brooch?
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