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Overview of noun shelling

The noun shelling has 1 sense


  • barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling -- (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")


Overview of verb shell

The verb shell has 8 senses


  • blast, shell -- (use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day")

  • blast, shell -- (create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain")

  • shell -- (fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled")

  • shell -- (hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning")

  • shell -- (look for and collect shells by the seashore)

  • beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (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")

  • shell -- (remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels")

  • husk, shell -- (remove the husks from; "husk corn")