Chisel

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  • noun. A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
  • intransitive verb. To shape or cut with a chisel.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cheat or swindle.
  • intransitive verb. To obtain by deception.
  • intransitive verb. To use a chisel.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To use unethical methods; cheat.
  • intransitive verb. To intrude oneself without welcome.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tool consisting of a blade, commonly flat, but sometimes concavoconvex, having a beveled or sloping cutting edge at one extremity and a handle at the other, designed to cut under the impulse of a blow from a mallet, or under pressure of the hand or in a lathe.
  • To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel: as, to chisel marble.
  • To make by cutting or engraving with a chisel: as, to chisel a statue from stone.
  • Figuratively, to cut close, as in a bargain; gouge; cheat: as, to chisel one out of his share.
  • noun. Gravel.
  • noun. Bran; coarse flour; the coarser part of bran or flour: generally in the plural.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer.
  • noun. See under Cold, a.
  • transitive verb. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel.
  • transitive verb. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer, or mallet.
  • verb. To use a chisel.
  • verb. To work something with a chisel.
  • verb. (informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. carve with a chisel
  • verb. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
  • verb. deprive somebody of something by deceit
  • noun. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
  • Word Usage
    "Implements for both soil preparation and weed control are collectively considered under the term chisel plow."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    carve  chip at  
    Rhyme
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    Frizell  drizzle  fizzle  grizzle  sizzle  
    Same Context
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    adze  anvil  auger  awl  ax  
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