The meaning of Shelling

Shelling – definition

verb
Bombard with shells.
Usage examples:
Several villages north of the security zone were shelled
Synonims:
Bombard Fire on Open fire on Shoot at Attack Pound Bomb Blitz Strafe Cannonade
verb
Remove the shell or pod from (a nut or seed).
Usage examples:
They were shelling peas
Synonims:
Extract Husk Hull Pod Shuck

noun
The hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean.
Usage examples:
Cowrie shells

noun
An explosive artillery projectile or bomb.
Usage examples:
The sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion

noun
Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case.
Usage examples:
Pasta shells

noun
The metal framework of a vehicle body.
Usage examples:
As they closed a hatch, a dozen of men appeared on the platform, but their blasters could not do an…

noun
A light racing boat.
Usage examples:
The glow from the rising sun reflects off the sleek rowing shells as they glide on the mississippi …

noun
An inner or roughly made coffin.

noun
The hand guard of a sword.

noun
Each of a set of orbitals around the nucleus of an atom, occupied or able to be occupied by electrons of similar energies.
Usage examples:
In a multi-electron atom, the lowest energy shells fill up first

noun
The act of firing shells (= containers full of explosives) at something
Usage examples:
Shelling of enemy lines continued all day., the shelling of some villages was so commonplace that p…

Shelling translation into English

Shelling: translate from English into Chinese

炮击

Shelling: translate from English into Dutch

Beschietingen, Het schillen, Artillerievuur

Shelling: translate from English into French

Bombardement, Égrenage, Pilonnage d'artillerie

Shelling: translate from English into German

Beschuss, Granatfeuer

Shelling: translate from English into Hindi

छीलन, गोलंदाज़ी, शैलिंग, आवरण

Shelling: translate from English into Italian

Bombardamenti, Bombardamento, Sgranatura

Shelling: translate from English into Korean

포격, 깍지 까기, 껍데기 까기

Shelling: translate from English into Russian

Обстрел, Артобстрел, Артиллерийский обстрел

Shelling: translate from English into Spanish

Bombardeo, Pelado, Descascarillado, Desbulla

Word origin

Old English scell (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schel ‘scale, shell’, also to scale1. The verb dates from the mid 16th century in shell (sense 2 of the verb).

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Shelling synonims

attack

verb
Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.
Usage examples:
In february the germans attacked verdun

noun
An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.
Usage examples:
He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb
An offensive against an enemy

All meanings and translations of Attack

blitz

noun
An intensive or sudden military attack.
Usage examples:
A heavy artillery blitz

verb
Another term for lightning chess.

noun
A sudden and violent military attack, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft
Usage examples:
That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.

All meanings and translations of Blitz

bomb

noun
A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.
Usage examples:
A bomb attack

verb
Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.
Usage examples:
They bombed the city at dawn

All meanings and translations of Bomb

bombard

verb
Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
Usage examples:
The city was bombarded by federal forces

noun
A cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.
Usage examples:
Yet for all the muskets, bombards, and cannon, kelly appears more interested in the impact of gunpo…

verb
To attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs
Usage examples:
Fig. i was bombarded with phone calls and faxes.

All meanings and translations of Bombard

cannonade

noun
A period of continuous heavy gunfire.
Usage examples:
The french attack began with a cannonade

verb
Discharge heavy guns continuously.
Usage examples:
Gunboats on the amur cannonaded during the night

All meanings and translations of Cannonade

extract

verb
Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
Usage examples:
The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun
A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
Usage examples:
An extract from a historical film

verb
Remove, usually with some force or effort

All meanings and translations of Extract

hull

noun
The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
Usage examples:
The main structural bulkhead supports the hull sides at the chain plates and the cabin top at the m…

verb
Hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.
Usage examples:
The ship was being hulled and all would die

verb
Remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).
Usage examples:
First, rinse and hull the berries

All meanings and translations of Hull

husk

noun
The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds.
Usage examples:
The fibrous husk of the coconut

verb
Remove the husk or husks from.
Usage examples:
They set up mills to husk the rice

verb
Say something in a husky voice.
Usage examples:
‘what big blue eyes you have,’ husked lorenzo

All meanings and translations of Husk

pod

pɒd

noun
An elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe.
Usage examples:
Gorse pods were popping in the sun

verb
(of a plant) bear or form pods.
Usage examples:
The peas have failed to pod

noun
A small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales.
Usage examples:
A pod of 500 dolphins frolicking in the bay

All meanings and translations of Pod

pound

noun
A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).
Usage examples:
A short ton is the standard u.s. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.

verb
Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.
Usage examples:
Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb
Shut (an animal) in a pound.

All meanings and translations of Pound

shuck

noun
An outer covering such as a husk or pod, especially the husk of an ear of maize.
Usage examples:
Regional fuels like steam from the deep earth or excess corn shucks will enter custom-designed micr…

exclamation
Used to express surprise, regret, irritation, or, in response to praise, self-deprecation.
Usage examples:
‘thank you for getting it.’ ‘oh, shucks, it was nothing.’

verb
Remove the shucks from maize or shellfish.
Usage examples:
Shuck and drain the oysters

All meanings and translations of Shuck

strafe

verb
Attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.
Usage examples:
Military aircraft strafed the village

noun
An attack from low-flying aircraft.
Usage examples:
Next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern greece

verb
To attack an enemy by shooting from aircraft that are flying low in the sky

All meanings and translations of Strafe

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