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Share This carve Audio Help / kɑrv / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ kahrv ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, carved, carv·ing. –verb (used with 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.
–verb (used without object) 7. to carve figures, designs, etc.
[Origin:
bef. 1000; ME
kerven, OE
ceorfan to cut; c. MLG
kerven, G
kerben, Gk
gráphein to mark, write; see
graph ]
—Related forms carver, noun
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carved , carv·ing , carves
tr.
To divide into pieces by cutting; slice: carved a roast.
To divide by parceling out: carve up an estate.
To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting: carve the wood into a figure.
To make or form by or as if by cutting: carve initials in the bark; carved out an empire.
To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully.
intr.
To engrave or cut figures as an art, hobby, or trade.
To disjoint, slice, and serve meat or poultry.
kerven , from Old English ceorfan ; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]
carv'er n.
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The cutting of material such as stone or wood to form a figure or design.
A figure or design formed by this kind of cutting.
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Share This carving noun 1. a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape 2. removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape 3. creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn: sculpture ]
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Share This ˈcarving noun
a design, ornament
etc carved from wood, stone
etc
Arabic: نقْش، حفْر Chinese (Simplified): 雕刻品 Chinese (Traditional): 彫刻品 Czech: řezba Danish: billedskærerarbejde Dutch: stuk snijwerk Estonian: nikerdis Finnish: veistos, puuleikkaus French: sculpture German: die Schnitzerei Greek: σκάλισμα, χαραγμένο σχέδιο Hungarian: (fa)faragás Icelandic: útskurður Indonesian: pahatan Italian: intaglio
Japanese: 彫刻 Korean: 조각 Latvian: griezums; grebums Lithuanian: drožinys Norwegian: treskjæring, utskjæring Polish: rzeźba Portuguese (Brazil): gravura Portuguese (Portugal): gravura Romanian: sculptură Russian: резьба; резная работа Slovak: rezba; plastika Slovenian: lesorez Spanish: escultura, talla Swedish: snideri, träskulptur Turkish: oyma, yontma
See also: carve ,
carve out
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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.
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