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chisels up

chisels up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chisels up

What is chisels up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chisels up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chisel up.

Words near chisels up in the dictionary

  1. chiselmouth
  2. chiselmouths
  3. chisels
  4. chisels in
  5. chisels out
  6. chisels up
  7. chisenbop
  8. Chishan
  9. Chishminsky
  10. Chisholm
  11. Chisholms

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