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Shelling
- verb - 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"
- create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"
- fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
- remove the husks from; "husk corn"
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
- use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
Shelters
- noun - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
- invest (money) so that it is not taxable
- protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"
- temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
Shelvers
- noun - a worker who puts things (as books) on shelves
Shelving
- verb - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- place on a shelf; "shelve books"
Shen-Pao
- noun - a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse
Shendful
- - Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.
Shenyang
- noun - a city in northeastern China
Shenzhen
- unknown - Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong.
Shepherd
- noun - a clergyman who watches over a group of people
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
- Shepherding is a tactic and skill in Australian rules football, a team sport. Shepherding is the act of legally pushing, bumping or blocking an opposing player from gaining possession of the ball or reaching the contest.
- tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
- watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils