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English noun: chisel | |||
| 1. | chisel (artifact) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edge tool | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burin, cold chisel, drove, drove chisel, firmer chisel, ripping chisel, set chisel, wood chisel | ||
English verb: chisel | |||
| 1. | chisel (social) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | ||
| Samples | Who's chiseling on the side?. | ||
| Synonyms | cheat | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cook, cozen, crib, fake, falsify, fudge, job, manipulate, misrepresent, rig, set up, shark, wangle | ||
| 2. | chisel (social) deprive somebody of something by deceit | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | cheat, rip off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody of something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | victimise, victimize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beat, beguile, bilk, bunco, bunk, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, fleece, gazump, gazump, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hoodwink, hook, hornswoggle, juggle, mulct, nobble, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, rook, scam, short-change, soak, surcharge, swindle, victimize, welch, welsh, whipsaw | ||
| Entail | cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | ||
| 3. | chisel (contact) carve with a chisel | ||
| Samples | Chisel the marble. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carve, chip at | ||
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