chisel
noun
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
have chiselled
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present perfectof chisel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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India's 'Prince' may have chiselled, film star-like good looks, but he will be prepared to fight if the crown slips.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Firefighters have chiselled through a concrete block to rescue a fox cub after it became trapped between a garage and stone wall.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022
High mountain-buttes I have chiselled, to shade My wanderings to the sea.
From The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse
To be honest is greater than to have painted the San Sisto, or to have chiselled the Apollo; to have assisted in making others honest,—infinitely greater.
From Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope
Canova could not have chiselled the monument without tears.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
