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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
chisel
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Chisel
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āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ
a metal tool with a handle and a strong flat-edged blade that is used to shape hard objects, such as wood, metal, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The stonemason relied on a chisel to shape the marble blocks.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to chisel
01
āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to carve or shape a material, typically wood or stone, by using a sharp-edged tool with a flat metal blade
Transitive: to chisel a pattern or form on material | to chisel a pattern or form onto material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The artist chiseled a relief sculpture on the stone wall.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
To deceive or defraud someone in order to deprive them of something unfairly
Transitive: to chisel sb out of sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She was known in the neighborhood for trying to chisel elderly residents out of their money.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to use cunning or deceitful tactics in order to achieve a desired outcome
Transitive: to chisel one's way into sth | to chisel one's way to sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cunning negotiator chiseled his way to a favorable contract by exploiting the other party's vulnerabilities.
āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
