Meaning

(archaic) To cut..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) To cut.
2. To cut meat in order to serve it.
3. To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
4. (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
5. (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
6. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
7. (obsolete) A carucate.
8. The act of carving

Example Sentences

My good blade carves the casques of men, / My tough lance thrusteth sure, / My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure.

You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.

to carve a name into a tree

The facades of the buildings fronting upon the avenue within the wall were richly carven[…].

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

[…] who could easily have carved themselves their own food.

The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.

Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet.

Word Forms

• carves
• carving
• carved
• carven

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Use carve when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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