noun
Meaning 1
An artillery bombardment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
shelling
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛlɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Grain from which the husk has been removed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
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 Shelling (topology)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
Meaning 5
Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of shell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 7
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fire, firing
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَصْف (qaṣf) — artillery bombardment
- Belarusian: абстрэ́л (abstrél) — artillery bombardment
- Catalan: bombardeig — artillery bombardment
- Catalan: bombardament — artillery bombardment
- Czech: ostřelování — artillery bombardment
- Finnish: tykistötuli — artillery bombardment
- French: bombardement — artillery bombardment
- German: Bombardierung — artillery bombardment
- Hungarian: bombázás — artillery bombardment
- Italian: bombardamento — artillery bombardment
- Russian: обстре́л (obstrél) — artillery bombardment
- Sicilian: bummardata — artillery bombardment
- Spanish: bombardeo — artillery bombardment
- Ukrainian: о́бстріл (óbstril) — artillery bombardment
- Finnish: kuoriminen — removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
- Finnish: halkeilu — shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating
- Sicilian: ntacca — shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating