| chisel | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. chisel | an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge. |
| ~ burin | a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving. |
| ~ cold chisel, set chisel | narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks. |
| ~ drove chisel, drove | a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone. |
| ~ edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge). |
| ~ firmer chisel | a chisel with a thin blade for woodworking. |
| ~ ripping chisel | a long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises. |
| ~ wood chisel | a chisel for working wood; it is either struck with a mallet or pushed by hand. |
| v. (social) | 2. cheat, chisel | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
| ~ job | profit privately from public office and official business. |
| ~ shark | play the shark; act with trickery. |
| ~ rig, set up | arrange the outcome of by means of deceit.; "rig an election" |
| ~ cozen | act with artful deceit. |
| ~ crib | use a crib, as in an exam. |
| ~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| ~ fudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook | tamper, with the purpose of deception.; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" |
| v. (social) | 3. cheat, chisel, rip off | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "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" |
| ~ gazump | raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price. |
| ~ cozen | cheat or trick.; "He cozened the money out of the old man" |
| ~ fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, hook, rob, soak, surcharge, pluck | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. |
| ~ bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize | deprive of by deceit.; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" |
| ~ bilk | cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money. |
| ~ bunk, beat | avoid paying.; "beat the subway fare" |
| ~ whipsaw | victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations. |
| ~ welch, welsh | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt. |
| ~ victimise, victimize | make a victim of.; "I was victimized by this con-man" |
| ~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| ~ beguile, hoodwink, juggle | influence by slyness. |
| v. (contact) | 4. chisel | carve with a chisel.; "chisel the marble" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| engrave | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| ~ engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into.; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" |
| ~ character | engrave or inscribe characters on. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. engrave | impress or affect deeply.; "The event engraved itself into her memory" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (creation) | 3. engrave, etch | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block.; "engrave a letter" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ print | make into a print.; "print the negative" |
| ~ benday | reproduce by the Benday process. |
| ~ stipple | engrave by means of dots and flicks. |
| v. (contact) | 4. engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into.; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| ~ engrave, inscribe, grave, scratch | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" |
| etch | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. etch | make an etching of.; "He etched her image into the surface" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ rust, corrode | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" |
| ~ print | make into a print.; "print the negative" |
| ~ aquatint | etch in aquatint. |
| v. (perception) | 2. etch | cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible.; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky" |
| ~ show | make visible or noticeable.; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" |
| v. (change) | 3. etch | selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons. |
| ~ dissolve | cause to fade away.; "dissolve a shot or a picture" |
| inculcate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. inculcate, infuse, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
| ~ drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ din | instill (into a person) by constant repetition.; "he dinned the lessons into his students" |
| instill | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. instill, transfuse | impart gradually.; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" |
| ~ contribute, lend, impart, add, bestow, bring | bestow a quality on.; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" |
| ~ breathe | impart as if by breathing.; "He breathed new life into the old house" |
| v. (contact) | 2. instil, instill | enter drop by drop.; "instill medication into my eye" |
| ~ infix, insert, introduce, enter | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. impress, ingrain, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (change) | 4. impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture | fill, as with a certain quality.; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
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