Cheat
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Someone who cheats (informal: cheater). A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies. A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation. To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner. To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely. # To cheat death. # To cheat fate.
Example sentence: When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
Chisel
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal which is flattened to a sharp edge at one end and attached to a handle at the other end. It is used mainly to remove parts of stone or wood by placing the sharp edge against the material and pounding the handle with a hammer.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To use a chisel.To work something with a chisel.To cheat, to get something by cheating.
Example sentence: Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.