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shelled

UK
/ʃeld/
US
/ʃɛld/
shelled out
shelled out
shelledadjective
UK
/ʃɛld/
US
/ʃɛld/
Translations
bombardéSens militaire.
The shelled village was nothing but rubble after the attack.
Le village bombardé n’était plus qu’un amas de ruines après l’attaque.
décortiquéSe dit surtout des fruits à coque, noix, graines ou crustacés dont la coquille a été retirée.
The chef used shelled walnuts for the cake recipe.
Le chef a utilisé des noix décortiquées pour la recette du gâteau.
à coquilleS’emploie pour un être ou un objet muni d’une coquille ou d’une enveloppe externe.
The shelled turtle moved slowly across the road.
La tortue à coquille avançait lentement sur la route.
Definitions
Having a shell or outer covering.
The shelled turtle moved slowly across the road.
Removed from the shell or outer covering.
The chef used shelled walnuts for the cake recipe.
Having been bombarded with explosive shells or artillery fire.
The shelled village was nothing but rubble after the attack.
Synonyms
cased
skinned
peeled
husked
Antonyms
unshelled
shellverb

shelled

Past Simple

shelled
Past Simple
shelled
Past Participle
shelling
ing-form
UK
/ʃel/
US
/ʃɛl/
Translations
décortiquerPour les noix, graines ou fruits de mer.
She spent the afternoon shelling peanuts for the party.
Elle a passé l'après-midi à décortiquer des cacahuètes pour la fête.
bombarderMilitaire.
The army began to shell the enemy positions at dawn.
L'armée a commencé à bombarder les positions ennemies à l'aube.
Definitions
To remove the outer covering or shell from something, especially nuts or shellfish.
She spent the afternoon shelling peanuts for the party.
To bombard with shells or explosive projectiles.
The army began to shell the enemy positions at dawn.
Synonyms
peel
uncover
expose
strip
remove
shellnoun
Definitions
A hard, protective outer case or covering of an animal, such as a mollusk or crustacean.
The hermit crab found a new shell to inhabit after outgrowing its old one.
The hard outer covering of a nut, seed, or egg.
She cracked the walnut shell to get to the nut inside.
A hollow projectile for a cannon or other artillery, filled with explosive material.
The soldiers took cover as the enemy fired a shell that exploded nearby.
A framework or structure that serves as a support or enclosure.
The building's shell was completed, but the interior was still under construction.
A thin, usually spherical layer or surface, such as the outer layer of an atom's electron cloud.
In chemistry, electrons are arranged in shells around the nucleus of an atom.
Computing: a command-line or graphical interface through which a user interacts with an operating system.
Most developers keep a shell open to run build scripts and version-control commands.
shelladjective
Definitions
Attributive: relating to artillery shells or the effects produced by them.
The advancing troops moved cautiously through the shell-scarred landscape.
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