Carver

[ kahr-ver ]
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noun
  1. George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.

  2. John, 1575?–1621, Pilgrim leader: first governor of Plymouth Colony 1620–21.

  1. Raymond, 1938–88, U.S. short-story writer and poet.

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How to use Carver in a sentence

  • Even after his death in 1943 at the age of 78, Carver continued to break barriers.

    Growth Stocks | The Daily Beast | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • To make tradition-bound farmers realize the larger economic benefits of such crops, Carver began to look for other uses.

    Growth Stocks | The Daily Beast | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Carver was an agricultural and industrial pioneer—in more ways than one.

    Growth Stocks | The Daily Beast | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The world Carver left was still a hungry one—if substantially less so.

    Growth Stocks | The Daily Beast | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • As his reputation grew, Carver emerged as a public barnstormer for better practices.

    Growth Stocks | The Daily Beast | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Up and to read a little, and by and by the Carver coming, I directed him how to make me a neat head for my viall that is making.

  • This is Carver's version, who, however, confounds it with another contiguous island.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • Carver sprang to his feet, tore the cigar from Peter Gross's mouth, and hurled it at the fireplace with his own.

    The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
  • It was inevitable that Carver should undervalue moral suasion; a military man, he recognized only the arbitrament of brute force.

    The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
  • Both Carver and Peter Gross understood that he was designating how much longer the shadow must grow.

    The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham

British Dictionary definitions for carver (1 of 2)

carver

/ (ˈkɑːvə) /


noun
  1. a carving knife

  2. (plural) a large matched knife and fork for carving meat

  1. British a chair with arms that forms part of a set of dining chairs

British Dictionary definitions for Carver (2 of 2)

Carver

/ (ˈkɑːvə) /


noun
  1. George Washington. ?1864–1943, US agricultural chemist and botanist

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Scientific definitions for Carver

Carver

[ kärvər ]


  1. American botanist and educator whose work was instrumental in improving the agricultural efficiency of the United States.

biography For Carver

George Washington Carver played a central role in revitalizing Southern agriculture after the Civil War, when Southern farms produced ever smaller cotton crops. His promotion of crop rotation methods helped to restore Southern farmlands, which had been depleted by the exclusive cultivation of cotton. Carver also introduced two new crops, peanuts and sweet potatoes, that would produce well in Alabama soil. To make them economically beneficial to farmers, he developed 325 products from peanuts, including peanut butter, plastics, synthetic rubber, shaving cream, and paper. He also developed hundreds of other products from sweet potatoes and from dozens of other native plants, including soybeans and cotton. During his forty-seven years as head of the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he taught the importance of crop diversification and soil conservation. Carver also introduced movable schools that brought practical agricultural knowledge directly to farmers.

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