gouge
noun
a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
have gouged
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present perfectof gouge.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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One such impact a year ago was found to have gouged boulder-sized chunks of water ice surprisingly close to Mars' equator.
From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2022
When they detect signs of an impending desert storm, tortoises will clamber to areas where they have gouged catchment basins in the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Now it is known as Tatuzão – Big Armadillo – for the pits that miners have gouged out of the forest.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2020
The oil spill is not Rennell’s first mining-related calamity: The operations have gouged red gashes in the coastline and left gaping holes in the forest.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2019
One struck on top between trunnions and vent, gouging out the brass like a half round chisel would have gouged a piece of wood, and glanced on to the rear.
From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by James Robert Maxwell
