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Noun chisel has 1 sense

chisel - an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
--₁ is a kind of edge tool
--₁ has particulars:
burin; cold chisel, set chisel; drove, drove chisel; firmer chisel; ripping chisel; wood chisel

Derived form: verb chisel₃

Verb chisel has 3 senses

cheat, chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
--₁ is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen

Derived forms: noun chiseler₁, noun chiseller₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
cheat, rip off, chisel - 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"
--₂ is one way to victimize, victimise

Derived forms: noun chiseler₁, noun chiseller₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
chisel - carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
--₃ is one way to carve, cut up

Derived form: noun chisel₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something