[{"word":"shelling","phonetic":"/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To remove the outer covering or shell of something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Nuts shell in falling."},{"definition":"To switch to a shell or command line.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To form a shelling.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An artillery bombardment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Grain from which the husk has been removed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shell","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shelling"]}]