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Definition of "shelled" [shelled]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of shell. (verb)

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Use "shelled" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "Seed corn was shelled from the cob with the thumb; we never threshed it with sticks."