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chisel up

chisel up verb: to create by chiseling.

Verb

chisel up (third-person singular simple present chisels up, present participle (US) chiseling up or (UK) chiselling up, simple past and past participle (US) chiseled up or (UK) chiselled up)

  1. (literally, transitive) To create by chiseling.
    • He chiseled up the details on the sculpture.
  2. (transitive) To cast off splinters or pieces like might be created by chiseling; to (figuratively) cause many or small weak results.
    • The sight chiseled up old anxieties.
    • When the car crashed into the deck, it chiseled up sharp splinters of wood.

Forms of chisel up

third-person singular presentchisels up
present participle USchiseling up
present participle UKchiselling up
past participle USchiseled up
past USchiseled up
past participle UKchiselled up
past UKchiselled up

Questions about chisel up

What does chisel up mean?
Chisel up means to create by chiseling.
What part of speech is chisel up?
Chisel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of chisel up?
The past tense of chisel up is chiseled up.

Words near chisel up in the dictionary

  1. Chisasibi
  2. Chischilly
  3. chisel
  4. chisel in
  5. chisel out
  6. chisel up
  7. Chiseldon
  8. chiseled
  9. chiseled in
  10. chiseled out
  11. chiseled up

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