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carve

UK/kɑːv/ US/kɑɹv/ fairly common

verb

1.

form by carving

  • “Carve a flower from the ice”
2.

engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

  • “carve one”
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3.

cut to pieces

  • “Father carved the ham”
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Origin

From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”).

Phrases

  • carve out
  • carve up
  • carved in stone
  • carving knife
  • cut and carve
  • file carving

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