chisel — Английский словарь

Существительное

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.

   Примеры

   Holonyms: plough, plow < implement

Глагол

1. To use a chisel.

   Употребление

   • непереходный глагол

   Синонимы

   chip

2. To work something with a chisel.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

   Синонимы

   chip

   Примеры

   She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.

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

   Употребление

   • устаревающее
   • переходный глагол

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

   Употребление

   • переносное
   • переходный глагол

   Синонимы

   chip away

   Примеры

   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.

   Употребление

   • переходное или непереходное употребление
   • неофициальное

   Примеры

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

   She can always chisel whatever she needs from her father.

   Другие примеры (1)

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

Существительное

1. Gravel.

   Употребление

   • неисчисляемое
   • usually

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

   Употребление

   • plural-normally
   • неисчисляемое
   • usually

Существительное

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

   Более общие понятия

   edge tool

Глагол

1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

   Синонимы

   cheat

   Более общие понятия

   deceivelead ondeludecozen

   Примеры

   Who's chiseling on the side?

2. deprive somebody of something by deceit

   Синонимы

   cheatrip off

   Более общие понятия

   victimizevictimise

   Примеры

   The con-man beat me out of $50

   This salesman ripped us off!

   Другие примеры (2)

   we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme

   They chiseled me out of my money

3. carve with a chisel

   Более общие понятия

   carvechip at

   Примеры

   chisel the marble