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carve
[ kahrv ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut (a solid material) so as to form something:
to carve a piece of pine.
- to form from a solid material by cutting:
to carve a statue out of stone.
- to cut into slices or pieces, as a roast of meat.
- to decorate with designs or figures cut on the surface:
The top of the box was beautifully carved with figures of lions and unicorns.
- to cut (a design, figures, etc.) on a surface:
Figures of lions and unicorns were carved on the top of the box.
- to make or create for oneself (often followed by out ):
He carved out a career in business.
verb (used without object)
- to carve figures, designs, etc.
- to cut meat.
carve
/ kɑːv /
verb
- tr to cut or chip in order to form something
to carve wood
- to decorate or form (something) by cutting or chipping
to carve statues
- to slice (meat) into pieces
to carve a turkey
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Other Words From
- carver noun
- re·carve verb recarved recarving
- semi·carved adjective
- un·carved adjective
- under·carve verb (used with object) undercarved undercarving
- well-carved adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carve1
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Example Sentences
Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.
Her new paradigm leads her to carve up shibboleths and heroes alike.
I sort of got lucky in that I was able to carve a niche for myself.
In Brazil, there was a microcosmic slice of the kind of public role he is attempting to carve.
Could it just be that prison itself conditions a sort of pavlovian reaction to carve chess pieces?
You could carve him to pieces without hearing a cheep, if he decided to keep his mouth shut.
A pair of carvers, laid with my cover, tell me that I shall have to carve the ham which is here eaten with the chicken.
Houdon then returned to France and proceeded to carve a Carrara marble statue of his subject.
The painter cannot put sounds upon a canvas, nor can the sculptor carve from marble an odor or a taste.
He was yet young, vigorous and ambitious, and with the help of heaven he would carve out his own fortune.
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