Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To remove from a shell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To divest of the shell; take out of a shell; hatch; hence, to give birth to; also, to release.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To strip the
shell from; to take out of the shell; tohatch .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have a dog (goldenretriever, irish setter, rottweiler, chow mix) that will take roasted peanuts in the shell and actually unshell the peanuts and spit the shells.
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Nevertheless, this nasty revelation was worth the pleasure of watching a house finch manipulate a sunflower seed in its beak and -- without hands or teeth -- miraculously unshell it.
Wild Birds In Winter 2008
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Gaynor impatiently directed the servant to unshell his eggs.
The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001
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Helva was engulfed in an unshell-like flurry of anticipation.
the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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Helva was engulfed in an unshell-like flurry of anticipation.
The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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"But short time does it require to unshell the kernel of a nut like this," returned the officer, looking round; "and Cowlson reports to me that everything in it, save in the woman's quarters, (which his modesty did not permit him to search,) is as well known to him as the contents of his own cabin."
The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance John Turvill Adams
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If we continue to unshell the kernel, we find, below this mineral layer,
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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