Chalked

Chalked
Chalk Chalk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chalked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chalking}.] 1. To rub or mark with chalk. [1913 Webster]

2. To manure with chalk, as land. --Morimer. [1913 Webster]

3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]

{To chalk out}, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] ``I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.'' --Burke. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • chalk something up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chalk something up : present tense I/you/we/they chalk something up he/she/it chalks something up present participle chalking something up past tense chalked something up past participle chalked something up… …   English dictionary

  • chalk up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To write down as part of a score; record. * /The scorekeeper chalked up one more point for the home team./ 2. To make (a score or part of a score); score. * /The team chalked up another victory./ * /Bob chalked up a home run… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • chalk up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To write down as part of a score; record. * /The scorekeeper chalked up one more point for the home team./ 2. To make (a score or part of a score); score. * /The team chalked up another victory./ * /Bob chalked up a home run… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • chalk — chalk1 [ tʃɔk ] noun uncount a type of soft white stone a. count or uncount a stick of white or colored chalk, used for writing or drawing, especially on a chalkboard chalk chalk 2 [ tʃɔk ] verb transitive to write or draw something with chalk:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • chalk\ up — v informal 1. To write down as part of a score; record. The scorekeeper chalked up one more point for the home team. 2. To make (a score or part of a score); score. The team chalked up another victory. Bob chalked up a home run and two base hits… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • chalk up — verb 1. accumulate as a debt (Freq. 1) he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening • Syn: ↑run up • Hypernyms: ↑owe • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

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