Chisel – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
chisel
v.
cut (wood, stone, etc.) with a chisel; cheat
n.
tool with a sharp metal edge that is used to shape and cut wood and stone
Chisel
A
chisel is a
tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular
grind) of
blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as
wood,
stone, or
metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it.
chisel
Noun
1. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
(hypernym) edge tool
(hyponym) burin
Verb
1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
(synonym) cheat
(hypernym) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
(hyponym) job
(derivation) swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, sharper, sharpie, sharpy
2. deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
(synonym) cheat, rip off
(hypernym) victimize, victimise
(hyponym) gazump
(entail) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
(derivation) swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, sharper, sharpie, sharpy
3. carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
(hypernym) carve, cut up
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