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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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   carved adj. formed by carving or having a design carved into the surface. [Narrower terms: sliced]
   
   Syn. -- carven.
   
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