yontmak

v. chip, chisel, cut, fair, fine away, fine down, hack, hew, pare, pare off, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, skive, whittle

lick into shape

"to chip, to cut; (kalem) to sharpen; (taþ) to dress; to squeeze (money) out of"

"/ı/ 1. to shape (something) by cutting it; to chisel; to hew; to whittle; to dress (stone); to sculpt, sculpture. 2. to point or sharpen (something) (by whittling or dressing it). 3. colloq. to chisel (someone) out of his money little by little so as not to arouse the victim´s suspicions."

v. facet

v. rough hew

v. knap

v. (neg. form of yontmak) chip, chisel, cut, fair, fine away, fine down, hack, hew, pare, pare off, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, skive, whittle

"1. pencil. 2. pen. 3. chisel; gouge. 4. office handling the paperwork for a governmental department. 5. item, entry (in a register, account). 6. sort, kind. 7. scion, slip. 8. shaft (of an arrow). 9. writing, the act of writing. 10. slang penis, *cock, *dick. - açmak 1. to sharpen a pencil. 2. to point a reed (for use as a pen). -e almak /ı/ to write out, draw up, put down on paper. - çekmek /a/ to cross out. -inden çıkma written by. -inden çıkmak to be written by. - darbesi stroke of the pen. - efendisi formerly official employed in a government office, Ottoman bureaucrat. - gezdirmek /üzerinde/ to revise, edit. - işi 1. hand-drawn. 2. hand-carved. -inden kan damlamak colloq. to write effectively and movingly; to write things that bring tears to the eyes. - kaşlı with thin, finely shaped eyebrows. - kulaklı animal with long, pointed ears. - kutusu pencil box. -i kuvvetli (someone) who writes well. - oynatmak 1. to write. 2. /üzerinde/ to correct, edit. 3. /üzerinde/ to spoil (a piece of writing) by alteration. - parmaklı with long, tapering fingers. - sahibi (someone) who writes well. - sapı penholder (for a nib). -e sarılmak to take pen in hand, take up one´s pen. - savaşı war of words. - ucu nib, penpoint. -iyle yaşamak to live by one´s pen, make a living by writing. - yontmak 1. to sharpen a pencil. 2. to point a reed pen. - yürütmek to write."

maker or seller of bath clogs. - keseri 1. clogmaker´s adz. 2. someone who always tries to exploit a situation for his own benefit. - keseri gibi kendine yontmak /ı/ to exploit (a situation) to advance one´s own interests.

"1. (a) stone; (a) rock. 2. stone, gem (in a piece of jewelry). 3. playing piece, counter (used in a board game such as chess or checkers). 4. dig, barbed allusion. 5. med. stone, calculus (e.g. kidney stone, gallstone). 6. slang money, dough, rocks. 7. stone, rock, made of stone or rock. 8. fixed but vacant (stare). - arabası slang dull and stupid person, blockhead, dodo. - atmak /a/ to get in a sly dig at, make a barbed allusion about (someone). - atıp da kolun mu yoruldu?/- atıp kolun yorulmadı ya! colloq. You get something all but handed to you on a platter, and yet you´re still not satisfied! - bebek doll. - bebek gibi (woman) who is beautiful but lacking in warmth. - çatlasa by no means, by no manner of means: Fatma, taş çatlasa altmıştan fazla değildir. Fatma can´t possibly be more than sixty years old. -a çekmek /ı/ to sharpen (something) on a whetstone or hone. - çıkartmak/çıkarmak /a/ to be able to run rings around, be far superior to (someone). - devri hist. the Stone Age. - dolgu 1. large stone used for a riprap or enrockment. 2. making a riprap or enrockment. 3. riprap, enrockment. 4. rubble used as fill for a wall. - döşek blocage (a kind of masonry). - düşürmek to pass a kidney stone (gallstone, etc.). - evi setting, mounting, mount (for a gem). - evi tırnağı prong, claw (of a setting for a gem). -ı gediğine koymak to say something at just the right time. - gibi 1. hard as a rock, very hard. 2. stonyhearted, hardhearted. 3. rigid, inflexible (person). - hamuru stucco. - kesilmek 1. to be dumbfounded. 2. (for liquid concrete, etc.) to harden. - kesimi stonecutting. - ocağı stone quarry. -a/-ı ölçeyim. colloq. May I be spared it! (said of a bodily illness, wound, or ache). - sektirme ducks and drakes (a game). -ı sıksa suyunu çıkarır. colloq. He´s very strong./He´s got a lot of brawn. - tahta slate (a writing tablet). - tutmak slang to have money, be in funds. -a tutmak /ı/ to stone. -tan yağ çıkar, ondan çıkmaz. colloq. It´s easier to squeeze blood out of a turnip than to get money out of him. - yağar, kıyamet koparken while all hell is/was breaking loose. - yerinde ağırdır. proverb A person´s true worth is appreciated by those who know him well. - yontmak to dress stone."