verb Download 🔗Share To remove the outer covering or shell of something. Examples : "We spent the afternoon shelling peanuts on the porch. " food process agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc. Examples : "The old paint on the fence was flaking and shelling off in the sun. " nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk. Examples : "Nuts shell in falling." nature plant agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To switch to a shell or command line. Examples : "After the program crashed, I tried shelling to the server to restart it manually. " computing technology internet technical system device machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating). Examples : "The old varnish on the wooden chair was shelling, showing tiny cracks across the surface. " material appearance technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form a shelling. Examples : "The hen is shelling an egg. " military war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An artillery bombardment. Examples : "The constant shelling of the city made it too dangerous for civilians to remain. " military war weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc. Examples : "The tedious shelling of the peanuts took almost an hour. " food agriculture process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Grain from which the husk has been removed. Examples : "The chickens were happily pecking at the shelling scattered in the coop. " food agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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) Examples : "The mathematician explained the complex shelling of the polyhedron, showing how each new face smoothly connected to the existing structure. " math technical space structure theory Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar. Examples : "The old plaster wall showed significant shelling, revealing the brick underneath in several places. " material appearance building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading