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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.]
    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.”
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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.”

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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.
    WordNet 1.5
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