What are some opposite words for chisel?
Antonyms for chisel
ˈtʃɪz əlchis·el
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term chisel.
Princeton's WordNet
chiselverb
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
cheat, chiselverb
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
"Who's chiseling on the side?"
Synonyms:
rip off, jockey, chouse, cheat on, cheat, shaft, chicane, betray, wander, cuckold, screwcheat, rip off, chiselverb
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"
Synonyms:
rip off, jockey, chouse, cheat on, cheat, shaft, chicane, betray, wander, cuckold, screwchiselverb
carve with a chisel
"chisel the marble"
How to use chisel in a sentence?
Mary Leakey made exquisitely detailed maps of the footprint localities. From Mary Leakey map, we were able to approximate where the tracks should be. We began to dig, hoping for the best, but fearing instead that forty years of seasonal rains had washed them away, the soil was hard as cement and it took a hammer and chisel to reach the footprint layer, which we then needed to excavate delicately with a hard-bristled brush and tongue depressor. Fortunately, the footprints were beautifully preserved.
Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt, or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us
I flew a drone above the island showing just how precarious its location is : Homes clinging to the edge of an eroding coastline as unrelenting waves chisel away at what remains, after I saw what was happening on Ejit, I realized that climate change is not something nebulous that will only start affecting us in the future, but rather something happening right now. Residents are being forced to make the most difficult decision : Do they stay and build sea walls to buy some more time, or do they relocate ?
The fear among everyone here is constant, i've heard the sound of a hammer and chisel and my neighbor says she can hear them digging under the cement. We're stressed out.
I actually had to go out a secondary door and then chisel my way back into the house by breaking the ice.
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