Dream Dictionary

Shell

To see a shell in your dream, signifies your inner desire to be sheltered, nourished and protected from life's problems.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
  • 2: the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
  • 3: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield]
  • 4: the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
  • 5: the exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: shell, eggshell]
  • 6: a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"
  • 7: a very light narrow racing boat [syn: shell, racing shell]
  • 8: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing]
  • 9: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell]
  • 10: the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
  • v. 1: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell]
  • 2: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell]
  • 3: fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
  • 4: hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
  • 5: look for and collect shells by the seashore
  • 6: 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" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish]
  • 7: remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
  • 8: remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell]