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1 carve
1) (to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc: A figure carved out of wood.) talhar2) (to cut up (meat) into slices: Father carved the joint.) trinchar•- carving- carve out* * *[ka:v] vt+vi 1 trinchar ou cortar (carne). 2 esculpir, entalhar, cinzelar, gravar, burilar. to carve out a career in business cavar, estabelecer, fincar a carreira no comércio. to carve up an area dividir uma área em pedaços ou áreas menores. -
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3 knife
1. plural - knives; noun1) (an instrument for cutting: He carved the meat with a large knife.) faca2) (such an instrument used as a weapon: She stabbed him with a knife.) faca2. verb(to stab with a knife: He knifed her in the back.) esfaquear* * *[naif] n (pl knives) 1 faca. 2 qualquer coisa semelhante em forma ou função, como: punhal, canivete, navalha. 3 lâmina cortante de qualquer instrumento ou máquina. • vt+vi 1 apunhalar, esfaquear. 2 cortar com faca, ou como se fosse uma faca. 3 Amer coll derrotar traiçoeiramente, tentar arruinar, atraiçoar. before you can say knife extremamente rápido, num piscar de olhos. he plays a good knife and fork ele é um bom garfo. he wants to get/ have his knife in you ele quer pegar/prejudicar você. to be under the knife ser submetido a uma cirurgia, entrar na faca. under the knife em uma intervenção cirúrgica. -
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1. plural - knives; noun1) (an instrument for cutting: He carved the meat with a large knife.) faca2) (such an instrument used as a weapon: She stabbed him with a knife.) faca2. verb(to stab with a knife: He knifed her in the back.) esfaquear
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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 — 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 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
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