Meaning

2 senses

  1. (literally, transitive)To empty, hollow or remove substance from (something) using a chisel.

  2. (transitive)To make (something) into an exception; to place (a topic) out of consideration.

    We have to chisel out school funding from the debate.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. They are chiseling a statue out of marble.

    ruОни ваяют статую из мрамора. — Balamax

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  2. If you try to chisel out another dollar from those poor suckers, I swear I will go to the police.

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Forms

chisels out, chiseling out, chiseled out, chiseled out
Base formchisel out · to chisel out
3rd person singularchisels out
Present participlechiseling out
Past simplechiseled out / chiselled out
Past participlechiseled out / chiselled out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychisel out
he, she, itchisels out

Past simpleLesson

all personschiseled out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chiseled out
he, she, ithas chiseled out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chisel out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chirpA2chiselC1chitchivalry
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