chisel
US: /ˈtʃɪzəɫ/
UK: /tʃˈɪzəl/
UK: /tʃˈɪzəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
chisel /'tʃizl/
- danh từ
- cái đục, cái chàng
- (the chisel) nghệ thuật điêu khắc
- (từ lóng) sự lừa đảo
- ngoại động từ
- đục; chạm trổ
- (từ lóng) lừa đảo
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
a tool with a sharp flat edge at the end, used for shaping wood, stone or metal
+ verb (-ll-, AmE usually -l-) [often +adv./prep.] to cut or shape wood or stone with a chisel: [VN] A name was chiselled into the stone. + She was chiselling some marble. + a temple chiselled out of solid rock [also V]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 carve, cut, pare, groove, shape, engrave, grave:
He was chiselling the figure of an eagle out of the board.
2 cheat, defraud, swindle, bilk, trick, fool, dupe, gull, Colloq bamboozle:
The gamblers chiselled him out of a week's wages.
Concise English dictionary
chiselled|chiselling|chisels|chiseled|chiseling'tʃɪzl
noun
+an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
verb
+engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
+deprive somebody of something by deceit
+carve with a chisel
