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shelling

/ˈʃel.ɪŋ/

/ˈʃɛl.ɪŋ/

shelling out

shellingnoun

shellings

Translations

обстрел

The city suffered heavy shelling during the war.

Город сильно пострадал от обстрела во время войны.

Additional translations

артобстрел

бомбардировка

Definitions

The act of removing the shell or outer covering from something, especially nuts or seeds.

The shelling of peanuts is a common activity during the harvest season.

The bombardment of a place with artillery or explosive shells.

The city suffered extensive damage due to the shelling during the conflict.

Synonyms

artillery fire

shellinggerund / present participle

Present-participle form of the verb “shell” functioning adjectivally.

Definitions

Engaged in the action of firing explosive shells.

Shelling artillery units took up positions on the ridge.

shellingadjective

/ˈʃel.ɪŋ/

/ˈʃɛl.ɪŋ/

Used attributively before a noun to denote something related to artillery fire or the removal of shells.

Definitions

Relating to or caused by artillery shell fire, or connected with removing an outer shell; used before another noun.

Shelling damage forced residents to abandon the town.

shellverb

shelling

Gerund

shelled

Past Simple

shelled

Past Participle

shelling

Gerund

/ʃel/

/ʃɛl/

Translations

обстреливать

The army decided to shell the enemy positions.

Армия решила обстреливать позиции противника.

очищать от скорлупы

I need to shell these peanuts before we can eat them.

Мне нужно очистить эти арахисы от скорлупы, прежде чем мы сможем их съесть.

Additional translations

гильзовать

Definitions

To remove the outer covering or shell from something, especially nuts or shellfish.

She spent the afternoon shelling peanuts for the party.

To bombard with shells or explosive projectiles.

The army began to shell the enemy positions at dawn.

Synonyms

shellnoun

Definitions

A hard, protective outer case or covering of an animal, such as a mollusk or crustacean.

The hermit crab found a new shell to inhabit after outgrowing its old one.

The hard outer covering of a nut, seed, or egg.

She cracked the walnut shell to get to the nut inside.

A hollow projectile for a cannon or other artillery, filled with explosive material.

The soldiers took cover as the enemy fired a shell that exploded nearby.

A framework or structure that serves as a support or enclosure.

The building's shell was completed, but the interior was still under construction.

A thin, usually spherical layer or surface, such as the outer layer of an atom's electron cloud.

In chemistry, electrons are arranged in shells around the nucleus of an atom.

Computing: a command-line or graphical interface through which a user interacts with an operating system.

Most developers keep a shell open to run build scripts and version-control commands.

shelladjective

Definitions

Attributive: relating to artillery shells or the effects produced by them.

The advancing troops moved cautiously through the shell-scarred landscape.