When you see the advertisement for shelled nuts, do you interpret this to mean that the nuts have had their shells removed, or that the shells are still on, requiring you to remove them? Shelled | Definition of Shelled at Dictionary.com shelled [ sheld ] See synonyms for shelled on Thesaurus.com adjective 1) having the shell removed:shelled pecans. (especially of field corn, grain, etc.) removed from the ear or husk. 2) having or enclosed in a shell. ______________ Apparently: either way works
Shelled=past tense. Same as "Peeled." Otherwise, they are "Shell-On." Regarding that second definition you cited...the context infers past tense (as in an action that has been taken on the nuts) or present tense (as in a current state of being), although you could state "The nuts are shelled" and "The nuts have been shelled" with equal accuracy. Your link to Dictionary.com gives 4 examples of "shelled" being used in a sentence, and not a single one uses their provided definitions: This is why I say I learned more about English construct when I took Spanish than I had ever learned before...stupid bastard language. Now I want some pistachios...
There is a 3rd way you can buy pecans in town here---cracked. They run pecans in the shells through a machine that just cracks the shells so it's easier to pick out the nuts. You can take your own and they will crack them for you.
I need them "shell-on." I'm like a little kid when I eat...I can't pace myself, so shelling them forces control on me.
These are cracked; they are shelled when the shell is removed ad the sliver between the two shells has been removed.
If I had discipline and self-control, I wouldn't have to erect so many darned obstacles [in an often failed attempt] to prevent me from veering off-course. That ain't discipline...that's me manipulating myself, and there are times I'm so stupid that it actually works!!! Or maybe it means that I'm smart enough to be that clever. The topic is "nuts," isn't it?
Speaking of proper grammatical style with respect to nuts, my BFF's family referred to corn-on-the-cob as "cobbed corn." I never heard that before or since.
There is no such thing. In fact, it's a physical impossibility. And you don't wanna try looking up that term unless you're prepared for some "I wish I hadn't read that" Urban Dictionary sexual slang references. seriously