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chiseled up

chiseled up is the simple past and past participle of chisel up.

Meaning of chisel up

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.

Questions about chiseled up

What is chiseled up the simple past and past participle of?
Chiseled up is the simple past and past participle of chisel up.

Words near chiseled up in the dictionary

  1. chisel up
  2. Chiseldon
  3. chiseled
  4. chiseled in
  5. chiseled out
  6. chiseled up
  7. chiseler
  8. chiselers
  9. chiseling
  10. chiseling in
  11. chiseling out

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