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Audio Help [kahrv] Pronunciation Key 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.

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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—Related forms

carver, noun

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carve Audio Help   (kärv) Pronunciation Key
v.   carved, carv·ing, carves

v.   tr.

1. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice: carved a roast.
2. 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.

v. intr.

[Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

carv'er n.

carved
adjective
made for or formed by carving ('carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone" [ant: uncarved]