chiseling
Cutting with blade
Chiseling is cutting or shaping with a chisel, the sharp-edged tool used for carving wood, stone, or metal.
Figuratively, chiseling means cheating or swindling someone out of money through petty fraud: He's been chiseling customers for years.
Someone who chisels is a chiseler.
Also spelled chiselling.
Wood construction trade
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- cabinetmakingCraft of building furniture
- woodworkCraft of building with lumber
- gougeConcave carving blade
mallet · mortise · tenon · dovetail · veneer · inlay · marquetry · fretwork
Shaping by cutting away
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- incisingCutting into material
- gougingExploitative overpricing
- scoringEarning points in competition
notching · shaping · hollowing · paring · etching · stippling · fluting · cutting
Recrystallized limestone rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- alabasterTranslucent carving stone
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
sculptor · Michelangelo · bust · statue · bas-relief · relief · frieze · carver
Fraudulent taking of money
- scammingDefrauding through deception
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- conningDefrauding through deception
- griftingSmall-scale fraud schemes
defrauding · bilking · fleecing · gouging · skimming · embezzling · overcharging · nickeling
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- grindCrush into particles
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
laborious · arduous · grueling · demanding · manual · handwork · patience · persistence
Showing extreme attention to detail
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fineAcceptable in quality
- detailedFull of specifics
careful · exactness · accuracy · precision · craftsmanship · finesse · steady · controlled
carpentry
Wood construction trade
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- cabinetmakingCraft of building furniture
- woodworkCraft of building with lumber
gouge · mallet · mortise · tenon · dovetail · veneer · inlay · marquetry · fretwork · whittling
carving
Shaping by cutting away
scoring · notching · shaping · hollowing · paring · etching · stippling · fluting · cutting · grooving
marble
Recrystallized limestone rock
mallet · sculptor · Michelangelo · bust · statue · bas-relief · relief · frieze · carver · masterpiece
swindling
Fraudulent taking of money
- scammingDefrauding through deception
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- conningDefrauding through deception
grifting · defrauding · bilking · fleecing · gouging · skimming · embezzling · overcharging · nickeling · short-changing
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
painstaking · laborious · arduous · grueling · demanding · manual · handwork · patience · persistence · time-consuming
meticulous
Showing extreme attention to detail
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fineAcceptable in quality
detailed · careful · exactness · accuracy · precision · craftsmanship · finesse · steady · controlled · measured
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- makingcrafting, making, building, creating, DIY projects
- workshop soundshammering, sawing, drilling, sanding, grinding
- sculptingcarving, clay, modeling, molding, plaster
- contouringcontour brush, sculpting, shading, bone structure, sharp jawline
chiselingpolishing
Smoothing by friction
molding · casting · building up · adding · sanding
chiselinggiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · abandoning · surrendering · relenting · coasting
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