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carve (verb)

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  • carve — ► VERB 1) cut into or shape (a hard material) to produce an object or design. 2) produce (a design or object) by carving. 3) cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating. 4) (carve out) develop (a career, reputation, etc.) through painstaking effort …   English terms dictionary

  • carve out — verb 1. establish or create through painstaking effort She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues • Hypernyms: ↑create • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. remove from a larger whole the new start up company carved out a large chunk… …   Useful english dictionary

  • carve — verb 1 (I, T) to cut a large piece of cooked meat into smaller pieces using a big knife: Carve the lamb into slices and arrange in a hot serving dish. 2 (T) to cut shapes out of solid wood or stone: Michelangelo carved this figure from a single… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • carve up — verb separate into parts or portions divide the cake into three equal parts The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I • Syn: ↑divide, ↑split, ↑split up, ↑separate, ↑dissever • Ant …   Useful english dictionary

  • carve — [ karv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make an object by cutting it from stone or wood: He carved a statue of her out of an old log. a ) transitive to produce a pattern or writing on the surface of something by cutting it: She carved… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • carve — verb 1》 cut into or shape (a hard material) in order to produce an object or design.     ↘produce (an object or design) by carving. 2》 cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating. 3》 (carve something out) develop a career, reputation, etc. through… …   English new terms dictionary

  • carve — 1 *cut, slit, hew, chop, slash Analogous words: shape, fashion, form (see MAKE): *separate, divide, part 2 Carve, incise, engrave, etch, chisel, sculpture, sculpt, sculp are comparable when they denote to cut an outline or a shape out of or into… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • carve — O.E. ceorfan (class III strong verb; past tense cearf, pp. corfen) to cut, cut down, slay; to carve, cut out, engrave, from W.Gmc. *kerfan (Cf. O.Fris. kerva, Du. kerven, Ger. kerben to cut, notch ), from PIE root *gerbh to scratch, making carve… …   Etymology dictionary

  • carve — verb (carved; carving) Etymology: Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; akin to Old High German kerban to notch, Greek graphein to scratch, write Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cut with care or precision …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • carve — verb Carve is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beef, ↑career, ↑exception, ↑groove, ↑ham, ↑initial, ↑inscription, ↑joint, ↑marble, ↑meat, ↑path, ↑slice …   Collocations dictionary

  • carve — verb 1) he carved horn handles Syn: sculpt, cut, hew, whittle, chisel, shape, fashion 2) I carved my initials on the tree Syn: engrave, incise, score, cut …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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