Carve

[kɑːv] or [kɑrv]

Definition

(verb.) cut to pieces; 'Father carved the ham'.

(verb.) form by carving; 'Carve a flower from the ice'.

(verb.) engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; 'carve one's name into the bark'.

Checker: Nona--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cut.

(v. t.) To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.

(v. t.) To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.

(v. t.) To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.

(v. t.) To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

(v. t.) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

(v. t.) To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

(v. i.) To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

(v. i.) To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

(n.) A carucate.

Checked by Brady

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Sculpture, chisel, cut.[2]. Form, shape, fashion, mould.[3]. Engrave, grave.[4]. Cut in pieces or slices.

v. n. [1]. Exercise the trade of a carver.[2]. Cut meat at table.

Typed by Jewel

Definition

v.t. to cut into forms devices &c.: to make or shape by cutting: to cut up (meat) into slices or pieces: to apportion or distribute: (Shak.) to speak with suavity.—v.i. to exercise the trade of a sculptor.—p.adj. Carv′en carved.—ns. Carv′er one who carves: a sculptor: a carving-knife; Carv′ing the act or art of carving a branch of sculpture usually performed on wood or ivory: the device or figure carved: the act or art of cutting up meat at table.—Carve out to hew out: to gain by one's exertions.—Cut and carve to refine.

Typist: Marion