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chiselled up

chiselled 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 chiselled up

What is chiselled up the simple past and past participle of?
Chiselled up is the simple past and past participle of chisel up.

Words near chiselled up in the dictionary

  1. chiseling up
  2. chiselings
  3. chiselled
  4. chiselled in
  5. chiselled out
  6. chiselled up
  7. chiseller
  8. chisellers
  9. chisellike
  10. chiselling
  11. chiselling in

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