chisel

chisel
' izl
1. noun
(a tool with a cutting edge at the end.) cincel

2. verb
(to cut or carve (wood etc) with a chisel.) cincelar
chisel
tr['ʧɪzəl]
noun
1 (for stone) cincel nombre masculino; (for wood) formón nombre masculino, escoplo
transitive verb (pt & pp chiselled (|us| chiseled), ger chiselling (|us| chiseling))
1 cincelar; labrar, tallar; grabar, cincelar
■ a figure chiselled out of rock una figura esculpida en roca
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to chisel something out of somebody timarle algo a alguien, estafarle algo a alguien
chisel ['ʧɪzəl] vt, -eled or -elled ; -eling or -elling
1) : cincelar, tallar, labrar
2) cheat: estafar, defraudar
chisel n
: cincel m (para piedras y metales), escoplo m (para madera), formón m
chisel
n.
• buril s.m.
• cincel s.m.
• cincelador s.m.
• escoplo s.m.
• formón s.m.
v.
• burilar v.
• cincelar v.
• escoplear v.

I 'tʃɪzəl
noun (for stone) cincel m; (for wood) formón m, escoplo m

II
transitive verb, BrE -ll-
a) \<\<stone\>\> cincelar; \<\<wood\>\> labrar, tallar
b) chiseled past p

his finely chiseled features — sus finamente cincelados or dibujados rasgos

['tʃɪzl] (vb: pt, pp chiselled (Brit) or chiseled (US))
1.
N (for wood) formón m , escoplo m ; (for stone) cincel m
2. VT
1) (also: chisel out) [+ wood] tallar; [+ stone] cincelar; (=carve) tallar, labrar

chiselled features — (fig) facciones fpl marcadas

2) * (=swindle) timar, estafar
* * *

I ['tʃɪzəl]
noun (for stone) cincel m; (for wood) formón m, escoplo m

II
transitive verb, BrE -ll-
a) \<\<stone\>\> cincelar; \<\<wood\>\> labrar, tallar
b) chiseled past p

his finely chiseled features — sus finamente cincelados or dibujados rasgos


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