chisel — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

2. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.

3. A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs. A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.

   أمثلة

   Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

فعل

1. To use a chisel.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم

   مرادفات

   chip

2. To work something with a chisel.

   الاستعمال

   • متعدٍ

   مرادفات

   chip

   أمثلة

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

3. To barge in on (something); to intrude on (something).

   الاستعمال

   • قديم الطابع
   • متعدٍ

4. To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.

   الاستعمال

   • مجازي
   • متعدٍ

   مرادفات

   chip away

   أمثلة

   Laws that protect the environment are being chiseled away.

5. To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.

   الاستعمال

   • متعدٍ أو لازم
   • غير رسمي

   أمثلة

   He's managed to chisel a couple dollars from somewhere.

   She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   She's always either chiseling or groveling, it seems.

اسم

1. Gravel.

   الاستعمال

   • غير معدود
   • usually

2. Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.

   الاستعمال

   • plural-normally
   • غير معدود
   • usually

اسم

1. an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   edge tool

فعل

1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

   مرادفات

   cheat

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   deceivelead ondeludecozen

   أمثلة

   Who's chiseling on the side?

2. deprive somebody of something by deceit

   مرادفات

   cheatrip off

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   victimizevictimise

   أمثلة

   The con-man beat me out of $50

   This salesman ripped us off!

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme

   They chiseled me out of my money

3. carve with a chisel

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   carvechip at

   أمثلة

   chisel the marble