A diminutive of the female given name Michelle.

A surname.

The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. / (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.

To remove the outer covering or shell of something. / To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery. / (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

simple past tense and past participle of shell

(often in combination) Having a shell; testaceous. / Having had the shell removed. / (cycling, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.

An artillery bombardment. / The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc. / (uncountable) Grain from which the husk has been removed.

present participle of shell

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shell

plural of shell