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carve 
[kahrv] Pronunciation Key verb, carved, carv·ing.
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[kahrv] Pronunciation Key verb, carved, carv·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine. |
| 2. | to form from a solid material by cutting: to carve a statue out of stone. |
| 3. | to cut into slices or pieces, as a roast of meat. |
| 4. | to decorate with designs or figures cut on the surface: The top of the box was beautifully carved with figures of lions and unicorns. |
| 5. | to cut (a design, figures, etc.) on a surface: Figures of lions and unicorns were carved on the top of the box. |
| 6. | to make or create for oneself (often fol. by out): He carved out a career in business. |
| 7. | to carve figures, designs, etc. |
| 8. | to cut meat. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME kerven, OE ceorfan to cut; c. MLG kerven, G kerben, Gk gráphein to mark, write; see graph]
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carver, noun
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| carve
(kärv) Pronunciation Key
v. carved, carv·ing, carves v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.] carv'er n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
carve
carve
O.E. ceorfan (class III strong verb; past tense cearf, pp. corfen), from W.Gmc. *kerfan, from PIE base *gerebh- "to scratch," making carve the Eng. cognate of Gk. graphein. Once extensively used, most senses now usurped by cut. Meaning specialized to sculpture, meat, etc., by 16c. Strong conjugation became weak, but archaic carven is still encountered. In a set of dining chairs, the one with the arms, usually at the head of the table, is the carver (1927), reserved for the one who carves.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| carve | |
verb | |
| 1. | form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| 2. | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| 3. | cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Carve
Carve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved; p. pr. & vb. n. Carving.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. ? to write, orig. to scatch, and E. -graphy. Cf. Graphic.]1. To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. --Spenser. 2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. --Coleridge. 3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. An angel carved in stone. --Tennyson. We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. --C. Wolfe. 4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon." --Shak. 5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting. My good blade carved the casques of men. --Tennyson. A million wrinkles carved his skin. --Tennyson. 6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. --South. 7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. --Shak. To carve out, to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. "[Macbeth] with his brandished steel . . . carved out his passage." --Shak. Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Carve
Carve\, v. i. 1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures. 2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Carve
Carve\, n. A carucate. [Obs.] --Burrill.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Carve
The arts of engraving and carving were much practised among the Jews. They were practised in connection with the construction of the tabernacle and the temple (Ex. 31:2, 5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18, 35; Ps. 74:6), as well as in the ornamentation of the priestly dresses (Ex. 28:9-36; Zech. 3:9; 2 Chr. 2:7, 14). Isaiah (44:13-17) gives a minute description of the process of carving idols of wood.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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