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[ʃel] 1. noun1) (the hard outer covering of a shellfish, egg, nut etc: an eggshell; A tortoise can pull its head and legs under its shell.) lupina2) (an outer covering or framework: After the fire, all that was left was the burned-out shell of the building.) ogrodje3) (a metal case filled with explosives and fired from a gun etc: A shell exploded right beside him.) granata2. verb1) (to remove from its shell or pod: You have to shell peas before eating them.) oluščiti2) (to fire explosive shells at: The army shelled the enemy mercilessly.) bombardirati•- come out of one's shell
- shell out* * *I [šel]nounlupina (jajca, oreha, sadja, živali), skorja, luščina, strok; želvin oklep, polževa hišica, školjka, pokrovka krila pri žuželkah; notranja (svinčena) krsta; nedokončana hiša (ladja), ogrodje; military topovska granata, mina (metalca min), American naboj; raketa; tulec (izstrelka); lahek tekmovalni čoln; figuratively zadržanost, zaprtost, odljudnost; figuratively zunanjost, zunanja podoba, zunanji sijaj; poetically music lirain the shell — še neizvaljen, še v razvojuheavy shell military težka granatato come out of one's shell figuratively osvoboditi se odljudnosti, postati bolj družaben (manj plašen, rezerviran, samotarski)to retire into one's shell — zapreti se vase, umolknitiII [šel]transitive verb(o)lupiti, (o)luščiti, odstraniti lupino, skorjo; prekriti s školjkami, z oklepom, z lupino; military bombardirati, obsipati z izstrelki (granatami, minami)to shell nuts — tolči, treti orehe; intransitive verb izpasti (o semenu)
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NUT — (Heb. אֱגוֹז), in the Bible and Talmud – the walnut, Juglans regia, which grows wild in Greece, Asia Minor, and Central Asia. It is mentioned once only in the Bible, but frequently in rabbinic literature. Song of Songs (6:11) refers to a garden… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nut graph — Nut sheller redirects here. For the hand operated machine that shells nuts, see Universal Nut Sheller. In journalism, a nut graph is a paragraph, particularly in a feature story, that explains the news value of the story.[1][2] The term is also… … Wikipedia
nut — [ nʌt ] noun ** ▸ 1 dry fruit with shell ▸ 2 for screwing bolt in ▸ 3 crazy person ▸ 4 someone enthusiastic ▸ 5 head/brain ▸ 6 testicles ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a dry fruit that grows inside a hard shell on some types of tree and bush. Many kinds… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nut|crack|er — «NUHT KRAK uhr», noun. 1. an instrument for cracking the shells of nuts. 2. a bird related to the crow, that feeds on nuts, especially on pine seeds, such as Clark s nutcracker, which lives in the mountains of western North America … Useful english dictionary
nut|pick — «NUHT PIHK», noun. a pointed instrument to remove nuts from their shells … Useful english dictionary
nut — I UK [nʌt] / US noun Word forms nut : singular nut plural nuts ** 1) [countable] a dry fruit that grows inside a hard shell on some types of tree and bush. Many kinds of nut can be eaten Can you crack some nuts for me (= break open the shells)?… … English dictionary
nut — noun 1) nuts in their shells Syn: kernel, nutmeat 2) informal some nut arrived at the office Syn: maniac, lunatic, madman, madwoman; eccentric; informal loony, nutcase, fruitcake, head case … Thesaurus of popular words
nut·shell — /ˈnʌtˌʃɛl/ noun, pl shells [count] : the hard outer shell of a nut in a nutshell : very briefly And that, in a nutshell, is what happened. To put it in a nutshell, the party was a disaster … Useful english dictionary
nut·crack·er — /ˈnʌtˌkrækɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a tool or device that is used to open the shells of nuts … Useful english dictionary
Brazil nut — Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3) … Wikipedia
Universal Nut Sheller — The Universal Nut sheller in Uganda, 2005 The Universal Nut Sheller (UNS; formerly called the Malian Peanut Sheller) is a simple hand operated machine based on a Bulgarian Peanut sheller, capable of shelling 50 kilograms (110 lb) of raw, sun … Wikipedia
