Past tense of shell

Forms of shell

Shelled in a sentence

• The guns shelled the enemy trenches.
• He shelled it, and dislocated his finger in the process.2022, Nicholas Brookes, An Island's Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket
• Inshells are shipped in 50-pound sacks, while shelled walnut pieces are shipped in 25-pound bags'From the entry inshell
• Living species of the externally shelled nautiluses do not possess an ink sac.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the…. From the entry nautilus
• There are a few well known shelled giant cephalopods from the fossil record.2017 October 31, Mark Carnall, “Searching for the Old Ones: Lovecraftian giant cephalopods and the fossil record”, in The Guardian. From the entry ammonite

Meaning of shell

1. noun The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
2. noun Any mollusk having such a covering.
3. noun The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.

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Questions about the past tense of shell

What is the past tense of shell?

The past tense of shell is shelled.

What is the past participle of shell?

The past participle of shell is shelled.

Is shell a regular or irregular verb?

Shell is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.