shelled

[ sheld ]

adjective

1. having the shell removed:

   shelled pecans.

2. (especially of field corn, grain, etc.) removed from the ear or husk.
3. having or enclosed in a shell.

Other Words From

• un·shelled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shelled¹

First recorded in 1570–80; shell + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He spent two lost and traumatic years in the minors, getting shelled in Miami and Rochester.

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Ukrainian forces in this area have also been regularly shelled from Russian territory.

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Somebody said the laundry shelled out twenty-one thousand dollars in home run money that year.

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Once, during the war, he shelled out the cash to hire a band on Christmas Day.

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But getting cyclists to don a hard-shelled helmet, which can lessen the risks of serious injury, has been a global challenge.

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The Petrel then took up position and shelled the fort with varying result, followed by the Raleigh.

From Project Gutenberg

The insurgents then brought field-pieces into action and shelled the Saturnus, setting her on fire.

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I think this house, so large and prominent from the river, is perhaps taken for headquarters and specially shelled.

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In the middle of all this I was shelled, and my clerk fled before the storm as he was writing the returns.

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Sure enough, though we shelled them and fired at them with rifles, they paid not the slightest attention.

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