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noun | verb chiselchisel1 /ˈtʃɪzəl/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYchisel1Origin: 1300-1400 Old North French a metal tool with a sharp edge, used with a hammer to cut wood or stone [Origin: 1300–1400 Old North French] noun | verb chiselchisel2 verb (chiseled, chiseling or chiselled, chiselling) [transitive] VERB TABLEchisel |
Present | I, you, we, they | chisel | | he, she, it | chisels | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chiseled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chiseled | | he, she, it | has chiseled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chiseled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chisel | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chiseled |
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Present | I | am chiseling | | he, she, it | is chiseling | | you, we, they | are chiseling | Past | I, he, she, it | was chiseling | | you, we, they | were chiseling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chiseling | | he, she, it | has been chiseling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chiseling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chiseling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chiseling |
1to use a chisel to cut wood or stone, especially into a particular shape: chisel something into/in something shapes chiseled into the huge rockschisel something out of/from something a huge figure chiseled out of granite2old-fashioned to cheat or deceive someone—chiseler noun [countable] |