vverb.socialengage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraudSynset:cheat chisel
Examples:- Who's chiseling on the side?
Derivationally Related Form:chiselercheatingcheatercheatchiseller
Hypernyms:cozen deceive delude lead on
Inherited Hypernyms:cheatdeceivevictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:cookcozencribfakefalsifyfudgejobmanipulatemisrepresentrigset upsharkwangle
Full Troponyms:cozencribfudgejobjugglerigshark
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: cheat)
vverb.socialdeprive somebody of something by deceitSynset:cheat chisel rip off
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:chisellerchiselerrip-offcheatingcheatercheat
Hypernyms:victimise victimize
Inherited Hypernyms:cheatvictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:beatbeguilebilkbuncobunkconcozendefrauddiddlefleecegazumpgipgoldbrickgyphoodwinkhookhornswogglejugglemulctnobbleoverchargepluckplumerobrookscamshort-changesoaksurchargeswindlevictimizewelchwelshwhipsaw
Entailment:cozen deceive delude lead on
Full Troponyms:beatbilkbleedcozenextortgazumpgypjuggleoverchargeshort-changevictimizewelshwhipsaw
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody of something | They --- him of all his money (apply to: cheat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: cheat)
vverb.contactcarve with a chiselDerivationally Related Form:chisel
Hypernyms:carve chip at
Inherited Hypernyms:chiselcarvecutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allhaving a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edgesSynset:well-defined
Examples:- a finely chiseled nose
- well-defined features
Antonyms:indistinct
Inherited Hypernyms:chiseled
Similar to:distinct