shelled

1. 1
   adjective

   With the hard outer covering taken off.

   Like nuts taken out of their hard cases before you eat them.

   She bought a bag of shelled walnuts for the cake.

   Shelled peas cook much faster than ones still in the pod.

   Similardeshelled

   Oppositeunshelled

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of shell. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The army shelled the town through the night.

   Farmers shelled the corn before storing it for winter.

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3. 3
   adjectivein compounds

   Having a hard outer covering, like a snail or a turtle.

   Like a turtle that carries its hard home on its back.

   A snail is a shelled animal that hides inside its home.

   Many shelled creatures live along the rocky shore.

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4. 4
   adjectiveslang

   Too tired to keep going in a race after using up all your energy.

   Like a phone battery that has run all the way down and can't power on.

   After the long sprint she was shelled and dropped behind.

   He felt completely shelled on the last hill and could not catch up.

   Similardropped, spent, exhausted, cooked

   Oppositefresh

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