shelled
IPA: ʃˈɛɫd
adjective
- (often in combination) Having a shell; testaceous.
- Having had the shell removed.
- (cycling, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.
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Examples of "shelled" in Sentences
- Pounded green shelled corn was often boiled with green beans, shelled from the pod.
- Seed corn was shelled from the cob with the thumb; we never threshed it with sticks.
- Fresh, green corn, shelled from the cob, was often put in a corn mortar and pounded; and then boiled without fats or meat.
- While riders kept getting shelled, which is what happens when the 4's have $1,000 cash at the finish, Steve just kept on making the selection.
- The Kroger Co., the parent company of Smith's Food and Drug, is recalling shelled pistachios sold at stores in 31 states, including New Mexico, because of
- There were reports of Israeli forces being shelled from the sea, there was a boat out there that was a military boat, not an Israeli boat, so they shot it.
- Green beans, shelled from the pod, were sometimes prepared thus boiled with buffalo fat or bone grease; but green beans did not have to be boiled quite as long as dried beans.
- Kate and Anna slept at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles between recording sessions with ace players as the label shelled out an astronomical-at-the-time $120,000 to launch them.
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