shell (something) out

Examples of shelled

shelled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

For shelling percentage, 200 g of groundnut pods, and 10 maize ears, randomly sampled, were shelled per treatment plot.
These words may either be adjectives ("threshed/shelled," "sloshed/ shaken") or verbs ("threshing/shelling," "sloshing/shaking").
The selfpollinated ears were harvested and shelled and a representative sample of grain from each plot was saved.
Mechanical presses to make oil from the shelled seeds exist locally, but machines to remove the shells do not.
There were some shelled eggs in a plastic container at the premises but the brand could not be identified.
Pods were air-dried for one week, then shelled and the dry weight of seed and shell recorded separately after oven-drying.
Mature females were recorded based on the presence of immature and shelled acanthors.
Grain yield adjusted to 120 mg/g moisture was computed from the shelled grain.
Ears were air dried, weighed and shelled.
Cobs were divided into healthy, partially damaged, and damaged groups, then counted, shelled, and weighed using hanging scales.
Cobs were removed from the harvested plants, weighed and shelled.
Grain yield adjusted to 12 % moisture was computed from the shelled grain.
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