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Carve (kärv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved (kärvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Carving.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. γράφειν to write, orig. to scratch, and E. -graphy. Cf. Graphic.]
1. To cut. [Obs.]
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Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser.
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2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.
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Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.
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3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, “to carve a name on a tree”.
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An angel carved in stone. Tennyson.
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We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. C. Wolfe.
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4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. “To carve a capon.” Shak.
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5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.
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My good blade carved the casques of men. Tennyson.
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A million wrinkles carved his skin. Tennyson.
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6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
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Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. South.
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7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
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Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. Shak.
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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.” Shak.
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Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaulay.
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Carve, v. i.
1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.
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2. To cut up meat; as, “to carve for all the guests”.
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Carve, n. A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill.
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