Definitions for shelling

(the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing")

(use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day")

(create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain")

(fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled")

(hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning")

(look for and collect shells by the seashore)

(come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")

(remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels")

(remove the husks from; "husk corn")