Chisel
noun
A hand tool with a sharp edge used for cutting or shaping hard materials like wood, stone or metal.
The sculptor used a chisel and hammer to shape the piece of marble.
noun
In sports, especially boxing, a strong, pointy punch.
He took a chisel to the ribs that knocked the wind out of him.
Often appears as...
- land a chisel
- deliver a chisel
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To cut or shape using a chisel.
The artist chiseled the block of wood into a beautiful statue.
verb
To cheat or swindle someone out of something.
He chiseled me out of my share of the profits.
Often appears as...
- chisel out
- chisel money
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To clear, shape, or refine as if by using a chisel.
She worked hard to chisel her body at the gym.
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A hand tool with a sharp edge used for cutting or shaping hard materials like wood, stone or metal.
The sculptor used a chisel and hammer to shape the piece of marble.
noun
In sports, especially boxing, a strong, pointy punch.
He took a chisel to the ribs that knocked the wind out of him.
Often appears as...
- land a chisel
- deliver a chisel
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To cut or shape using a chisel.
The artist chiseled the block of wood into a beautiful statue.
verb
To cheat or swindle someone out of something.
He chiseled me out of my share of the profits.
Often appears as...
- chisel out
- chisel money
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To clear, shape, or refine as if by using a chisel.
She worked hard to chisel her body at the gym.
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Typical Tool
Remember 'chisel' is commonly associated with sculpting or carpentry.
He carefully chiseled the intricate details into the wood.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Action
Using a chisel involves physical effort, often with a hammer.
With a hammer and chisel, she split the stone smoothly.
Pro Tip 1/2Typical Tool
Remember 'chisel' is commonly associated with sculpting or carpentry.
He carefully chiseled the intricate details into the wood.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Action
Using a chisel involves physical effort, often with a hammer.
With a hammer and chisel, she split the stone smoothly.
Pro Tip 1/2Typical Tool
Remember 'chisel' is commonly associated with sculpting or carpentry.
He carefully chiseled the intricate details into the wood.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Action
Using a chisel involves physical effort, often with a hammer.
With a hammer and chisel, she split the stone smoothly.
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Spotting the World's...
Yeah, the blades. So that's what they would use to cut the slate. They would used this to cut it into the rectangles, and then they would have used a chisel and the mallet to split it by hand. Are you enjoying yourself? Yeah, you're going to cut me in half. No. I'm not because you'll probably sue me,
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Watch a Masterpiece...
you can look and to measure and that you have an instinct for this and that if you can look at something and translate it into your hands and then make the chisel to do what you want it to do then you'll be okay if you're doing the clay or if you're doing the transition from
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Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
should let you know what exactly they do it well like most birds offices will start maybe classifying or the each other the universe by looking at the big if you look at the big the biggest quite huge it's like a chisel and most birds will eat both you know they're both
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The pharaoh that...
The attack was historical, an act of damnatio memoriae, the damnation of memory. Somebody smashed the pharaoh's statues, took a chisel and attempted to erase the pharaoh's name and image from history. Who was this pharaoh, and what was behind the attack? Here's the
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
into a day she'll never forget I am not worried about the pain in whatever life I think about that I won't get more beauty as his clan feast the shaman sharpens his tools for the main event when the chisel gets sharp it will be less painful for the person who
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Design at the...
One is imposed on the environment, the other creates it. One is designed for nature, the other is designed by her. Michelangelo said that when he looked at raw marble, he saw a figure struggling to be free. The chisel was Michelangelo's only tool.
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Baby Calf Emergency...
this on foot Simon chisel you can help me I hate putting such a young animal through so much stress but we all agree that if we don't capture it today then the calf has no chance of survival you're gonna have to get out of the car yeah
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
little cells and nothing else but to me there is something more fundamental which is this idea that in our world we're stuck with two ways of making things there is the subtractive you can take a chisel in chisel of a matter and
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The incredible...
They do exactly what we tell them and nothing more. Our very first tool only cut where we struck it. The chisel only carves where the artist points it. And even our most advanced tools do nothing without our explicit direction.
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The next step in...
Let's imagine a sculptor building a statue, just chipping away with his chisel. Michelangelo had this elegant way of describing it when he said,
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
Yeah, the blades. So that's what they would use to cut the slate. They would used this to cut it into the rectangles, and then they would have used a chisel and the mallet to split it by hand. Are you enjoying yourself? Yeah, you're going to cut me in half. No. I'm not because you'll probably sue me,
Video examples
Watch a Masterpiece...
you can look and to measure and that you have an instinct for this and that if you can look at something and translate it into your hands and then make the chisel to do what you want it to do then you'll be okay if you're doing the clay or if you're doing the transition from
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
should let you know what exactly they do it well like most birds offices will start maybe classifying or the each other the universe by looking at the big if you look at the big the biggest quite huge it's like a chisel and most birds will eat both you know they're both
Video examples
The pharaoh that...
The attack was historical, an act of damnatio memoriae, the damnation of memory. Somebody smashed the pharaoh's statues, took a chisel and attempted to erase the pharaoh's name and image from history. Who was this pharaoh, and what was behind the attack? Here's the
Video examples
Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
into a day she'll never forget I am not worried about the pain in whatever life I think about that I won't get more beauty as his clan feast the shaman sharpens his tools for the main event when the chisel gets sharp it will be less painful for the person who
Video examples
Design at the...
One is imposed on the environment, the other creates it. One is designed for nature, the other is designed by her. Michelangelo said that when he looked at raw marble, he saw a figure struggling to be free. The chisel was Michelangelo's only tool.
Video examples
Baby Calf Emergency...
this on foot Simon chisel you can help me I hate putting such a young animal through so much stress but we all agree that if we don't capture it today then the calf has no chance of survival you're gonna have to get out of the car yeah
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
little cells and nothing else but to me there is something more fundamental which is this idea that in our world we're stuck with two ways of making things there is the subtractive you can take a chisel in chisel of a matter and
Video examples
The incredible...
They do exactly what we tell them and nothing more. Our very first tool only cut where we struck it. The chisel only carves where the artist points it. And even our most advanced tools do nothing without our explicit direction.
Video examples
The next step in...
Let's imagine a sculptor building a statue, just chipping away with his chisel. Michelangelo had this elegant way of describing it when he said,
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Quote examples
Alicia Keys
American Musician
I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.
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Sudha Murty
Indian Educator
When you are chiselling a sculpture, it won't happen in one day, it happens over a period of time. It's the same way that my personality has changed over the past 15 years. I am not the same person I used to be and my life experiences are what have made me.
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Brie Larson
American Actress
A lot of stuff I was reading in mythology was about how women used to be taught to be wild. The wild woman was an essence that existed in the world. We're still coming back from many years of us being chiseled out to be identical and quiet.
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Laurel Lea
Australian Musician
A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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William Cullen Bryant
American Poet
A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.
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Chris Arreola
American Boxer
I don't have a muscle body. I don't have a chiseled frame.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
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Joseph Parker
New Zealander Athlete
I can get to a point where I get pretty chiselled.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.
Quote examples
Sudha Murty
Indian Educator
When you are chiselling a sculpture, it won't happen in one day, it happens over a period of time. It's the same way that my personality has changed over the past 15 years. I am not the same person I used to be and my life experiences are what have made me.
Quote examples
Brie Larson
American Actress
A lot of stuff I was reading in mythology was about how women used to be taught to be wild. The wild woman was an essence that existed in the world. We're still coming back from many years of us being chiseled out to be identical and quiet.
Quote examples
Laurel Lea
Australian Musician
A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.
Quote examples
Samuel Butler
British Poet
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
Quote examples
William Cullen Bryant
American Poet
A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.
Quote examples
Chris Arreola
American Boxer
I don't have a muscle body. I don't have a chiseled frame.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
Quote examples
Michelangelo
Italian Artist
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
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Joseph Parker
New Zealander Athlete
I can get to a point where I get pretty chiselled.
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