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")