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carve

verb

  1. cut carefully
  2. create by carving
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɑɹv/ / /kɑːv/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Proto-West Germanic *kerban Old English ċeorfan Middle English kerven English carve From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with West Frisian kerve, Dutch kerven, Low German karven, German kerben (“to notch”); also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).

  1. A carucate.

    ... half a carve of arable land in Ballyncore, one carve of arable land in Pales, a quarter of arable land in Clonnemeagh, half a carve of arable land in Ballyfaden, half a carve of arable land in Ballymadran, ...

    Whereof John de Ditton holds a moiety of the village for half a carve of land.

  2. The act of carving

    Give that turkey a careful carve.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Proto-West Germanic *kerban Old English ċeorfan Middle English kerven English carve From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with West Frisian kerve, Dutch kerven, Low German karven, German kerben (“to notch”); also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).

  1. To cut.

    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.

  2. To cut meat in order to serve it.

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

  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.

    to carve a name into a tree

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

  4. To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
  5. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

    […] 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.

  6. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

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