chisel

Speech parts

1. chisel - Noun

2. chisel - Verb

Meaning

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.

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cheat rip off whittle hew swindle cut etch fleece engrave shape score fashion chip carve defraud
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Antonyms

compensate be in a relationship be in a relationship with be in relationship give guidance lend money
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Hypernyms

tool cozen deceive carve victimize delude

Hyponyms

welsh cook rob rook swindle diddle

Phrases with the word

chisel out bone chisel compressed air chisel pruning chisel wood chisel drill breaker chisel

Derivatives

chiseled chiselled chiseling chiselling

Anagrams

chesil Chiles Schiel Schlei sichel

Examples

It is well with me when only when I have a chisel in my hand. Michelangelo

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. Martin Luther King Jr.

And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace Of finer form or lovelier face. Walter Scott

You might think that a hornbill would have the most powerful excavation tool of all, but in fact its huge beak is a relatively delicate structure and no use at all as a chisel. David Attenborough

I am who I am, doing what I came to do, acting upon you like a drug or chisel to remind you of your me-ness as I discover you in myself. Audre Lorde

Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That's not good for America. James G. Watt

Close letter words and terms

Chisamba Chisasibi Chischilly chisel in chisel steel chisel tip pen