carve in English dictionary

  • carve

    Meanings and definitions of "carve"

    • (archaic) To cut.
    • To cut meat in order to serve it.
    • To shape to sculptural effect.
    • (snowboarding): To perform a series of turns without pivoting. When the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
    • (figuratively) To produce something using skill.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A carucate.
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To cut.
    • verb
      To cut meat in order to serve it.
    • verb
      To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
    • verb
      (snowboarding)
      To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
    • verb
      (figuratively)
      To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
    • verb
      To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
    • cut
    • cut meat
    • shape wood
    • chop hash
    • carve (design)
    • shape (sentences)
    • To cut or to chip in order to form something.
    • verb
      cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"
    • verb
      engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
    • verb
      form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"

    Synonyms of "carve" in English dictionary

    chip at, form, carve up are the top synonyms of "carve" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of carve

    • carve ( third-person singular simple present carves, present participle carving, simple past carved or (archaic) carven, past participle carved)
    • carve (plural carves)
    • carve (third-person singular simple present carves, present participle carving, simple past carved or (archaic) corve, past participle carved or carven or (archaic) corven)
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