chisel — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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.

   Esempi

   Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

Verbo

1. To use a chisel.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Sinonimi

   chip

2. To work something with a chisel.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   chip

   Esempi

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

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

   Uso

   • datato
   • transitivo

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

   Uso

   • figurato
   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   chip away

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • transitivo o intransitivo
   • informale

   Esempi

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

   She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.

   Altri esempi (1)

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

Sostantivo

1. Gravel.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

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

   Uso

   • plural-normally
   • non numerabile
   • usually

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   edge tool

Verbo

1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

   Sinonimi

   cheat

   Termini più generali

   deceivelead ondeludecozen

   Esempi

   Who's chiseling on the side?

2. deprive somebody of something by deceit

   Sinonimi

   cheatrip off

   Termini più generali

   victimizevictimise

   Esempi

   The con-man beat me out of $50

   This salesman ripped us off!

   Altri esempi (2)

   we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme

   They chiseled me out of my money

3. carve with a chisel

   Termini più generali

   carvechip at

   Esempi

   chisel the marble