Chiseling

Synonyms for "chiseling" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

artful burr calculating collusive covinous craftycross hatchingcross-hatching cunning deceitful

Noun(7 words)

carve carved carving cheat cheating chiseled cut

Strong matches (24)

Noun(6 words)

deceitful defraud fraud fraudulent gouging graft

demitint engravement engraving etch etching false falsehearted finagling fraudulent furtive gem-engravingglass cuttingglass-cutting glyptic graving guilefulhalf tinthatching

Related words (40)

incision indirect inscript inscription insidious line lining marking scheming score scoring scratch scratching sharp shifty slash slashing slippery sneaky stipple

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stippling surreptitious tint tooling treacherous trickish trickytwo facedtwo-faced type-cutting underhand underhanded wily

Noun(7 words)

sculpted sculpting shapestone carvingswindle swindlingwood carving

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More general

12 entries

behavioral traitcarve crime cutdeceptive practicefraudmoral qualitysculptural featureshape with toolstoneworkingsurface treatmentwrongdoing

More specific

15 entries

carved reliefchisel marksdeceitdetail carvingfraud graftgrooved surfaceinflated billingmetal chiselingovercharging scam shortchangingstone chiselingswindlewood chiseling

Collocations

13 entries

chiseling effectchiseling markschiseling methodchiseling patternchiseling surfacechiseling techniquehand chiselingmetal chiselingpower chiselingprecise chiselingstone carvingstone chiselingwood chiseling

Inflections

5 entries

chiseled chiselings chiselsmore chiselingmost chiseling

Derivations

5 entries

chisel chiseled chiseler chiselled chisels

Sample sentences

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They are chiseling a statue out of marble.

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