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Carve , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved ; 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.]
- To cut. [Obs.]1913 Webster
Or they will carven the shepherd's throat.
Spenser.1913 Webster - To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.1913 Webster
Carved with figures strange and sweet.
Coleridge.1913 Webster - To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.1913 Webster
An angel carved in stone.
Tennyson.1913 WebsterWe carved not a line, and we raised not a stone.
C. Wolfe.1913 Webster - To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. “To carve a capon.” Shak.1913 Webster
- To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.1913 Webster
My good blade carved the casques of men.
Tennyson.1913 WebsterA million wrinkles carved his skin.
Tennyson.1913 Webster - To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.1913 Webster
Who could easily have carved themselves their own food.
South.1913 Webster - To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.1913 Webster
Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet.
Shak.1913 WebsterTo 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.1913 WebsterFortunes were carved out of the property of the crown.
Macaulay.1913 Webster
- To cut. [Obs.]
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carved adj. formed by carving or having a design carved into the surface. [Narrower terms: sliced]
Syn. -- carven.WordNet 1.5+PJC