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" There's always something more to be accomplished with a character. Theater is a human experience. There's nothing shellacked or finished off about it. I guess that's why it always draws me back."
Sada Thompson

Meaning of "shellacked" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SHELLACKED

ʃəˈlækt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELLACKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shellacked is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shellacked in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHELLACKED

PRESENT

Present
I shellack
you shellack
he/she/it shellacks
we shellack
you shellack
they shellack
Present continuous
I am shellacking
you are shellacking
he/she/it is shellacking
we are shellacking
you are shellacking
they are shellacking
Present perfect
I have shellacked
you have shellacked
he/she/it has shellacked
we have shellacked
you have shellacked
they have shellacked
Present perfect continuous
I have been shellacking
you have been shellacking
he/she/it has been shellacking
we have been shellacking
you have been shellacking
they have been shellacking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shellacked
you shellacked
he/she/it shellacked
we shellacked
you shellacked
they shellacked
Past continuous
I was shellacking
you were shellacking
he/she/it was shellacking
we were shellacking
you were shellacking
they were shellacking
Past perfect
I had shellacked
you had shellacked
he/she/it had shellacked
we had shellacked
you had shellacked
they had shellacked
Past perfect continuous
I had been shellacking
you had been shellacking
he/she/it had been shellacking
we had been shellacking
you had been shellacking
they had been shellacking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shellack
you will shellack
he/she/it will shellack
we will shellack
you will shellack
they will shellack
Future continuous
I will be shellacking
you will be shellacking
he/she/it will be shellacking
we will be shellacking
you will be shellacking
they will be shellacking
Future perfect
I will have shellacked
you will have shellacked
he/she/it will have shellacked
we will have shellacked
you will have shellacked
they will have shellacked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shellacking
you will have been shellacking
he/she/it will have been shellacking
we will have been shellacking
you will have been shellacking
they will have been shellacking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shellacked
you would shellacked
he/she/it would shellacked
we would shellacked
you would shellacked
they would shellacked
Conditional continuous
I would be shellacking
you would be shellacking
he/she/it would be shellacking
we would be shellacking
you would be shellacking
they would be shellacking
Conditional perfect
I would have shellacked
you would have shellacked
he/she/it would have shellacked
we would have shellacked
you would have shellacked
they would have shellacked
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shellacking
you would have been shellacking
he/she/it would have been shellacking
we would have been shellacking
you would have been shellacking
they would have been shellacking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shellack
we let´s shellack
you shellack
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shellack
Past participle
shellacked
Present Participle
shellacking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHELLACKED

abstract · act · attract · backed · compact · contact · contract · cracked · exact · extract · fact · impact · intact · interact · packed · pact · react · stacked · tracked · tract

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELLACKED

shell program · shell shock · shell star · shell suit · shell-less · shell-like · shell-shocked · shellac · shellac varnish · shellack · shellacker · shellacking · shellback · shellbark · shellbound · shellcracker · shelldrake · shellduck · shelled · sheller

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELLACKED

action-packed · barebacked · bivouacked · blister-packed · blocked · crookbacked · flat-packed · foam-backed · gobsmacked · humpbacked · hunchbacked · jam-packed · prepacked · tarmacked · unbacked · uncracked · unhacked · untracked · vacuum-packed · well-stacked · whacked

Synonyms and antonyms of shellacked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shellacked» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SHELLACKED

Find out the translation of shellacked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shellacked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shellacked» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

shellacked
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

shellacked
570 millions of speakers
en

English

shellacked
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

shellacked
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shellacked
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

шеллаком
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

shellacked
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

shellacked
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

shellacked
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Diserang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

shellacked
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

shellacked
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

shellacked
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dikalahake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shellacked
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

shellacked
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शेलॅक केलेले
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

shellacked
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

shellacked
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

shellacked
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

шелаком
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

shellacked
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shellacked
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shellacked
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shellacked
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shellacked
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shellacked

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELLACKED»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shellacked

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QUOTES WITH «SHELLACKED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shellacked.
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Sada Thompson
There's always something more to be accomplished with a character. Theater is a human experience. There's nothing shellacked or finished off about it. I guess that's why it always draws me back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELLACKED»

Discover the use of shellacked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shellacked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Screen Saver
The tuning mechanism on a crystal set was a tuning coil. To make a tuning coil you saved an empty toilet paper core and shellacked it several times to give it durability and rigidity. That shellacked tube also provided an ideal non-electronic  ...
Noel McKeehan, 2009
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Popular Mechanics
This dries without any sheen or gloss and makes a very attractive, durable finish. Cleaning Shellacked Floors Q — My hardwood floors are shellacked and waxed. Now the finish has gotten grimy and dull. I have been told to use a dry- cleaning ...
3
Jewish Literatures and Cultures: Context and Intertext
She hollered for Elye and he whacked me. He would have murdered me long ago if it weren't for my mother. I get shellacked (geshlogen) each time he catches me drawing (mahlen). I've liked to draw since I was lile. At first I drew on walls with ...
Anita Norich, Yaron Z. Eliav, 2008
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Popular Science
How the template is set up and used for shaping the core and the original plaster flowerpot; and views of the two-part mold with the core inside cut to this outside line. The core is turned from plaster of Paris by the method shown and shellacked  ...
5
Party Nuts!
shellacked. balsamic. pecans. I had six friends over for a nut fest and swore that no one would be able to guess the flavorings of this unusual pecan, and yet my friend Toni Bowerman did just that. In fact, in a group of about twelve contenders,  ...
Sally Morgan, 2010
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Popular Science
Cleanse thoroughly ; also sandpaper lightly if varnished or shellacked. If painted or enameled and to be given a natural finish — Remove old finish. If varnished or shellacked and to be painted, enameled, or lacquered — Remove gloss by ...
7
The Springfield 1903 Rifles: The Illustrated, Documented ...
THE CALIBER .30 CARTRIDGE MODEL OF 1906 Ball cartridge The primer consists of the cup, percussion composition, disk of shellacked paper, and anvil. The cup is of gilding metal and contains 0.46 grain of non- fulminate composition  ...
William S. Brophy, 1985
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Life in The '50's: Memoirs of a Baby Boomer
This area was all opened, no doors or walls between the two, but in order to distinguish two separate rooms a thickly shellacked wood molding with intricate carvings framed between them. Also shellacked, were hardwood floors that spread ...
Debbie Mccann, 2009
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Technical Bulletin
Table 3. — Effect of ghrllac upon shape of callus t [In this table the shellacked and untreated wounds of paired wounds have been tallied against each other the better wound receiving a tally. The tallies of shellacked wounds are above the ...
‎1932
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
shell shellac shellacked shellback she-male shice shine shiner Shinner Shinola shiralee shirt shit. no shelf' (1969). verb trans. 2 To inform on. 1936–. V. KELLY 'Is he all right?' . . . 'Of course he's all right. Pat never shelfed a man in his life.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHELLACKED»

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Why Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Stock Is Getting Shellacked Today
sherwin williams shw stock 185 Why Sherwin Williams (SHW) Stock Is Getting Shellacked Today Sherwin-Williams reported revenue for Q2 2015 of $3.13 ... «Investorplace.com, Jul 15»
2
Porcello, Red Sox Shellacked in Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays' Justin Smoak rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Boston Red Sox' Rick Porcello, center, during the first inning of a baseball ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
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Mariners shellacked again in 13-0 loss to Houston
It was a long day Sunday for Nelson Cruz and the Mariners in a 13-0 loss to Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan). HOUSTON — What the Seattle Mariners didn't ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jun 15»
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Royals lose big as Guthrie gets shellacked in the Bronx
As Jeremy Guthrie does, he pitched to contact. Unfortunately, the contact today was of the hard variety. In the laughable bandbox that is Yankee Stadium with a ... «Royals Review, May 15»
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David Axelrod sees Labour shellacked after selling them advice for …
Humiliation for Obama's election guru in his last campaign: David Axelrod sees Labour shellacked after selling them his advice for nearly $500,000 (then blames ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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George Will: I Hope Trump Runs and Gets 'Shellacked' So We Can …
“One dollar on Donald Trump in the hope that he will be tempted to run, be predictably shellacked, and we will be spared evermore this quadrennial charade of ... «Mediaite, Apr 15»
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Shake Shack shellacked, Intel cuts 1Q sales est. & Dollar General's …
And with its hot IPO a distant memory, Shares of Shake Shack (SHAK) are getting shellacked by nearly 6% after the trendy burger chain posted a wider than ... «Yahoo Finance, Mar 15»
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Democrats: 'Why we got shellacked in the 2014 elections'
So it was for the GOP after the last two presidential elections, and so it's been for Democrats following last November's mid-term shellacking in which they lost ... «Christian Science Monitor, Feb 15»
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WATCH: Fluffed, Shellacked + Constricted: The Ultimate Miss …
3625154532. fh349sun. WATCH: Fluffed, Shellacked + Constricted: The Ultimate Miss Universe Experience. Paula FroelichEditor in Chief January 20, 2015 ... «Yahoo Travel, Jan 15»
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Shellacked on the state level, Democrats chart a way out of the …
Reid Wilson had a great piece over the weekend reporting that Republicans, having expanded their control on the level of the states, are now planning to move ... «Washington Post, Jan 15»
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