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1. (n.) chisel
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.
2. (v.t.) chisel
to cut, shape, or fashion by or as if by carving with a chisel.
3. chisel
to cheat or swindle (someone).
4. chisel
to get by cheating or trickery.
5. (v.i.) chisel
to work with a chisel.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) chisel
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
2. (verb) cheat, chisel
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
"Who's chiseling on the side?"
3. (verb) cheat, rip off, chisel
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"
4. (verb) chisel
carve with a chisel
"chisel the marble"
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| Definition of 'Chisel' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Chisel
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
2. (verb) Chisel
to cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue
3. (verb) Chisel
to cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat
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Sense: a tool with a cutting edge at the end.
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 Afrikaans: beitel |
 Arabic: إزْميل |
 Bulgarian: длето |
 Brazilian: formão |
 Czech: dláto; rýč |
 German: der Meißel |
 Danish: mejsel; stemmejern |
 Greek: σμίλη |
 Spanish: cincel |
 Estonian: peitel |
 Farsi: اسکنه |
 Finnish: taltta |
 French: ciseau |
 Hebrew: מִפסֶלֶת |
 Hindi: छेनी |
 Croatian: dlijeto |
 Hungarian: véső |
 Indonesian: pahat |
 Icelandic: meitill; sporjárn |
 Italian: cesello |
 Japanese: のみ |
 Korean: 끌 |
 Lithuanian: kaltas |
 Latvian: kalts |
 Malay: pahat |
 Dutch: beitel |
 Norwegian: meisel |
 Polish: dłuto |
 Persian: اسکنه |
 Pashto: ترښخ، تېشه |
 Portuguese: formão |
 Romanian: daltă |
 Russian: стамеска |
 Slovak: dláto |
 Slovenian: dleto |
 Serbian: dleto |
 Swedish: mejsel, stäm-, huggjärn |
 Thai: สิ่ว |
 Turkish: keski,çelik kalem |
 Taiwanese: 鑿子 |
 Ukrainian: долото; стамеска |
 Urdu: بسولی |
 Vietnamese: cái đục |
 Chinese: 凿子 |
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