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carve

(kärv)

v. carved, carv·ing, carves

v.tr.

a. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice: carved a roast.

b. To divide by parceling out: carve up an estate.

2. To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting: carve the wood into a figure.

3. To make or form by or as if by cutting: carve initials in the bark; carved out an empire.

4. To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully.

5. To make (a turn or turns) smoothly and without skidding, as when skiing or riding a snowboard, by leaning sharply into the direction of the turn.

v.intr.

1. To engrave or cut figures as an art, hobby, or trade.

2. To disjoint, slice, and serve meat or poultry.

3. To carve turns, as when skiing.

[Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

carv′er n.

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carve

(kɑːv)

1. (tr) to cut or chip in order to form something: to carve wood.

2. (Art Terms) to decorate or form (something) by cutting or chipping: to carve statues.

3. (Cookery) to slice (meat) into pieces: to carve a turkey.

[Old English ceorfan; related to Old Frisian kerva, Middle High German kerben to notch]

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carve

(kɑrv)

v. carved, carv•ing. v.t.

1. to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.

2. to form from a solid material by cutting: to carve a statue out of stone.

3. to cut into pieces or slices, as meat.

4. to decorate with designs or figures cut on the surface.

5. to make or create for oneself (often fol. by out): He carved out a career in business.

v.i.

6. to form figures, designs, etc., by carving.

7. to carve meat.

[before 1000; Middle English kerven, Old English ceorfan to cut, c. Old Frisian kerva, Middle Dutch kerven, Middle High German kerben]

carv′er, n.

carve

Past participle: carved
Gerund: carving

Imperative
carve
carve

Present
I carve
you carve
he/she/it carves
we carve
you carve
they carve

Preterite
I carved
you carved
he/she/it carved
we carved
you carved
they carved

Present Continuous
I am carving
you are carving
he/she/it is carving
we are carving
you are carving
they are carving

Present Perfect
I have carved
you have carved
he/she/it has carved
we have carved
you have carved
they have carved

Past Continuous
I was carving
you were carving
he/she/it was carving
we were carving
you were carving
they were carving

Past Perfect
I had carved
you had carved
he/she/it had carved
we had carved
you had carved
they had carved

Future
I will carve
you will carve
he/she/it will carve
we will carve
you will carve
they will carve

Future Perfect
I will have carved
you will have carved
he/she/it will have carved
we will have carved
you will have carved
they will have carved

Future Continuous
I will be carving
you will be carving
he/she/it will be carving
we will be carving
you will be carving
they will be carving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been carving
you have been carving
he/she/it has been carving
we have been carving
you have been carving
they have been carving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been carving
you will have been carving
he/she/it will have been carving
we will have been carving
you will have been carving
they will have been carving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been carving
you had been carving
he/she/it had been carving
we had been carving
you had been carving
they had been carving

Conditional
I would carve
you would carve
he/she/it would carve
we would carve
you would carve
they would carve

Past Conditional
I would have carved
you would have carved
he/she/it would have carved
we would have carved
you would have carved
they would have carved

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Verb	1.	carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" hew, hew out - make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock" grave, sculpt, sculpture - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" fret - carve a pattern into
	2.	carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" chip at chisel - carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" engrave, inscribe, grave, scratch - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" engrave, etch - carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	3.	carve - cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" cut up shave - make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish" filet, fillet - cut into filets; "filet the fish" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

carve

verb

1. sculpt, form, cut, chip, sculpture, whittle, chisel, hew, fashion One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful chess set.

2. etch, engrave, inscribe, fashion, slash He carved his name on his desk.

3. slice, hack Carve the beef into slices.

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carve

verb

1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:

cleave, cut, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split.

2. To cut (a design or inscription) into a hard surface, especially for printing:

engrave, etch, grave, incise.

Translations

يَقْطَعُ اللحْمَ إلى شَرائِحيَنْحِتُيَنْقُشُ، يَحْفُرُ، يُصَمِّمُ

vyřezatvyřezávatkrájetporcovat

udskæreskære

schnitzen tranchieren vorschneiden zerlegen schneiden

λαξεύω

tallar esculpir grabar trinchar cortar

kaivertaa

découper graver sculpter tailler buriner

rezbariti

faragkifaragró

skeraskera út; rista; tálga

intagliare scolpire scultura taglio trinciare

彫る

...을 새기다

drožinysdrožtiišdrožtisupjaustyti

grebtgrieztsagriezt

snijden

skjære skjære ut hogge ut meisle

wyrzeźbić

talhar

вырезать коваться

krájať

rezatirezbaritivrezati

skära

แกะสลัก

oymakparçalamakyontmakkesmek

chạm khắc

雕刻切开

carve

[kɑːv]

A. VT (Culin) [+ meat] → trinchar; [+ stone, wood] → tallar, esculpir; [+ name on tree etc] → grabar
to carve one's way through the crowd (fig) → abrirse camino a la fuerza por entre la multitud

B. VI (Culin) → trinchar la carne

carve out VT + ADV [+ piece of wood] → tallar; [+ piece of land] → limpiar; [+ statue, figure] → esculpir; [+ tool] → tallar
to carve out a career for o.s → abrirse camino

carve up VT + ADV

1. [+ meat] → trinchar

2. (fig) [+ country] → repartirse [+ person] → coser a puñaladas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

carve

[ˈkɑː^rv] vt

[+ meat] → découper

[+ wood, stone] → sculpter; [+ wax] → tailler

[+ initials] → graver

carve up

vt [+ property, estate] → morceler

carve

(Art: = cut) wood → schnitzen; stone etc → (be)hauen; carved out of or in wood → aus Holz geschnitzt; carved out of or in marble → aus Marmor gehauen; carved in(to) the wood → in das Holz geschnitzt; carved in(to) the stone → in den Stein gehauen or gemeißelt; to carve something on a stone → etw in einen Stein einmeißeln; to carve one’s initials on a tree → seine Initialen in einen Baum einritzen or schnitzen; a frieze carved with flowers → ein geschnitzter or (in stone) → gemeißelter Blumenfries; the sculptor was still carving the face → der Bildhauer schnitzte or (in stone) → meißelte noch das Gesicht

(Cook) → aufschneiden, zerteilen, tranchieren

(fig) to carve a road through the jungle → eine Straße durch den Dschungel schlagen; to carve one’s way through the crowd → sich (dat) → seinen Weg durch die Menge bahnen; to carve a niche for oneself (as), to carve oneself a niche (as) → sich (dat) → seine Sporen verdienen (als)

vi (Cook) → tranchieren

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carve

[kɑːv]

1. vt (Culin) (meat) → tagliare; (stone, wood) → scolpire, intagliare; (name on tree) → incidere
to carve out a career for o.s → farsi una carriera

2. vi (Culin) → tagliare la carne

carve up vt + adv (meat) → tagliare (fig) (country, money, profits) → suddividere

carve

(kaːv) verb

1. to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc. A figure carved out of wood.

2. to cut up (meat) into slices. Father carved the joint.

ˈcarving noun

a design, ornament etc carved from wood, stone etc.

carve out

to achieve or gain (something). He carved out a career for himself.

carve

→ يَنْحِتُ vyřezat udskære schnitzen λαξεύω tallar kaivertaa découper rezbariti intagliare 彫る ...을 새기다 snijden skjære (ut) wyrzeźbić talhar вырезать skära แกะสลัก oymak chạm khắc 雕刻

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Why should he carve that name, of all the names in the world?"

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Throughout the Pacific, and also in Nantucket, and New Bedford, and Sag Harbor, you will come across lively sketches of whales and whaling-scenes, graven by the fishermen themselves on Sperm Whale-teeth, or ladies' busks wrought out of the Right Whale-bone, and other like skrimshander articles, as the whalemen call the numerous little ingenious contrivances they elaborately carve out of the rough material, in their hours of ocean leisure.

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And did she not make a knight of me by gently asking if I would be so kind as to carve the chicken, and how she laughed quite disproportionally at my school-boy story of the man who, being asked to carve a pigeon, said he thought they had better send for a wood-carver, as it seemed to be a wood pigeon.

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"Thanks to good brother Bartholomew, I carve in wood and in ivory, and can do something also in silver and in bronze.

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Follow the dotted lines on 2 to carve away some wood to make the sections round, but leave your knife marks showing.

Carving Christmas ornaments

Some days he will carve all morning, and other days he can only do it for a few hours.

Lifelong carver shares his work with the world

To carve, hold the knife at the angle you would hold a pencil.

Carved candles

Orange speculates that over 10 million years, this process could have moved enough sediment to carve branches in the canyon.

Science on the sea floor

Cully was talking about "normal-sized" pumpkins, the ones you buy at the grocery store, carve up and put on your porch this time of year.

JACK OF HIS TRADE

Those who carve their own decoys end up with better-looking setups, upping the odds of success for the hunter, according to the LaGoys.

Carving birds no lost art

"We use lime, which is a brilliant wood to carve with."

CARVING OUT TWIN LINKS

You can carve the eyes, or you can use inexpensive round black map pins available at any office supply store.