chisel

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Definition categories: man–made

verb

1. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

- Who's chiseling on the side?

Similar word(s): cheat

Definition categories: social, cozen, deceive, delude

2. deprive somebody of something by deceit

- They chiseled me out of my money

Similar word(s): cheat

Definition categories: social, victimise, victimize

3. carve with a chisel

- chisel the marble

Definition categories: contact, carve

Sentences with chisel as a verb:

- She chiselled a sculpture out of the block of wood.