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chiseling up

chiseling up is the present participle and gerund 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 chiseling up

What is chiseling up the present participle and gerund of?
Chiseling up is the present participle and gerund of chisel up.

Words near chiseling up in the dictionary

  1. chiseler
  2. chiselers
  3. chiseling
  4. chiseling in
  5. chiseling out
  6. chiseling up
  7. chiselings
  8. chiselled
  9. chiselled in
  10. chiselled out
  11. chiselled up

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