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verb

Carve v. t. (past & past part. carved; pres. part. carving)

1.

To cut. (Obs.) "Or they will carven the shepherd's throat."

2.

To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. "Carved with figures strange and sweet."

3.

To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. "An angel carved in stone." "We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone."

4.

To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon."

5.

To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting. "My good blade carved the casques of men." "A million wrinkles carved his skin."

6.

To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. "Who could easily have carved themselves their own food."

7.

To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. "Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet."

To carve out, to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. "(Macbeth) with his brandished steel... carved out his passage." "Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown."

Carve v. i.

1.

To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

2.

To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

noun

Carving n.

1.

The act or art of one who carves.

2.

A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood."

3.

The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

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Etymology of 'Carving'

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"Carving" Quotes from Famous Books

... seated, horseback-fashion, upon parallel low benches, for their accommodation, twenty feet long, all turned towards the judge, and looking over the shoulders of the one in front of him, and busily employed in carving at the bench between his thigh and that of his neighbour. It was a very singular coup-d'oeil, and a new-comer from Europe would have supposed the assembly to ...

— Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet • Captain Marryat

... as to the personal appearance of Penn in mature life is that which is given by Sylvanus Bevan. Bevan was a Quaker apothecary in London, who had a remarkable gift for carving portraits in ivory. After Penn's death, he made such a portrait of him from memory. The men who had known William liked it greatly. Lord Cobham, to whom Bevan sent it, said, "It is William Penn himself." It represents him in a curled wig, with full cheeks and a double ...

— William Penn • George Hodges

... round and when they had returned to the saloon that he assailed her in his fiery, masterful fashion. At first she did not understand. Then when she understood that he was giving her her liberty she went stiff all over, her hand resting on the edge of the table, her face set like a carving of white marble. It was all over. It was as that abominable governess had said. She was insignificant, contemptible. Nobody could love her. Humiliation clung to her like a cold shroud—never to be shaken off, unwarmed ...

— Chance • Joseph Conrad

... Maren was a kind of harbour of refuge for the boy. He would sit there as quiet as a mouse in the corner by the wood-box, carving himself boats, which he put under his blouse when he carried Holman's dinner down to the ...

— One of Life's Slaves • Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie

... must credit the making of asbestos, the manufacture of lacquer, the carving of ivory and many other important industries. Even today they make the finest dishes and the best pottery. At one time they built a tower two hundred and fifty-six feet high entirely of porcelain. Ages ago they dug ...

— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols

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