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chiselling up

chiselling 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 chiselling up

What is chiselling up the present participle and gerund of?
Chiselling up is the present participle and gerund of chisel up.

Words near chiselling up in the dictionary

  1. chisellers
  2. chisellike
  3. chiselling
  4. chiselling in
  5. chiselling out
  6. chiselling up
  7. chisellings
  8. chiselmouth
  9. chiselmouths
  10. chisels
  11. chisels in

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