shelling

/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To remove the outer covering or shell of something.

  2. 2

    To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.

  3. 3

    To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

  4. 4

    To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.

  5. 5

    To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.

    Nuts shell in falling.
  6. 6

    To switch to a shell or command line.

  7. 7

    To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).

  8. 8

    To form a shelling.

noun

  1. 1

    An artillery bombardment.

  2. 2

    The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.

  3. 3

    Grain from which the husk has been removed.

  4. 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)

  5. 5

    Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.

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