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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Shell \Shell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Shelling.]
     1. To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the
        shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell
        oysters.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat,
        oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to
        shell a town.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To shell out, to distribute freely; to bring out or pay, as
        money. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Shelling \Shell"ing\, n.
     Groats; hulled oats. --Simmonds.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Shell \Shell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Shelling.]
     1. To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the
        shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell
        oysters.
  
     2. To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat,
        oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
  
     3. To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to
        shell a town.
  
     To shell out, to distribute freely; to bring out or pay, as
        money. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Shelling \Shell"ing\, n.
     Groats; hulled oats. --Simmonds.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shelling
       n : 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" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery,
            bombardment]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shelling
     n.
     1 An artillery bombardment.
     2 The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
     3 (lb en uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed.
     4 (lb en topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex
  such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the
  union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See
  (w: Shelling (topology))
     5 shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating
  such as plaster or mortar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shell nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  shelling
     n.
     1 An artillery bombardment.
     2 The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
     3 (lb en uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed.
     4 (lb en topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex
  such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the
  union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See
  (w: Shelling (topology))
     5 shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating
  such as plaster or mortar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shell nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  shelling
     n.
     1 An artillery bombardment.
     2 The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
     3 (lb en uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed.
     4 (lb en topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex
  such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the
  union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See
  (w: Shelling (topology))
     5 shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating
  such as plaster or mortar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shell nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  shelling
     n.
     1 An artillery bombardment.
     2 The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
     3 (lb en uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed.
     4 (lb en topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex
  such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the
  union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See
  (w: Shelling (topology))
     5 shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating
  such as plaster or mortar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shell nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shelling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s hell ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shelling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en shell ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     bombardering, granateld

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Shelling /ʃˈɛlɪŋ/
  القصف