MACHINING Synonyms

• a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• creating figures or designs in three dimensions

• the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• the act of cutting something into parts

• a piece cut off from the main part of something

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• the division of a deck of cards before dealing

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

• the act of diluting something

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• the act of drilling

• the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

• material resulting from the process of grinding

• a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

• the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

• corrugated edge of a coin

• the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

• a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

• a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

• sculpture produced by molding

• a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

• any process serving to define the shape of something

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

• the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

• act of changing in practice or custom

• a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

• a movement in a new direction

• the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

• the activity of shaping something on a lathe

• a decorative pin worn by women

• bring up a topic for discussion

• To use a chisel.

• To work something with a chisel.

• To cheat, to get something by cheating.

• A piece of work produced using a chisel.

• a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface

• a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole

• insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

• the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• a perceptual structure

• any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance

• the visual appearance of something or someone

• a printed document with spaces in which to write

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse

• a particular mode in which something is manifested

• (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

• a body of students who are taught together

• an ability to perform well

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• a mold for setting concrete

• create (as an entity)

• to compose or represent

• develop into a distinctive entity

• give shape or form to

• make something, usually for a specific function

• establish or impress firmly in the mind

• assume a form or shape

• a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

• a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.

• sharpen with a hone

• make perfect or complete

• To invite; bid; ask.

• To shape with a lathe.

• To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

• A covering of laths.

• an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

• (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

• a level of existence or development

• a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

• a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• cut or remove with or as if with a plane

• travel on the surface of water

• make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane

• a large quantity of written matter

• a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires

• squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer

• remove by making a hole or by boring

• enlarge with a reamer

• a disorderly crowd of people

• an overwhelming defeat

• cause to flee

• dig with the snout

• make a groove in

• defeat disastrously

• a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

• hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting

• a power tool for cutting wood

• cut with a saw