The meaning of Carve

noun

A small piece of something removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material such as wood or stone.

Usage examples:

Mulch the shrubs with cedar chips

verb

Cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material.

Usage examples:

We had to chip ice off the upper deck

noun

A long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge and a handle which is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.

Usage examples:

Cut away the tiles with a broad-bladed steel chisel

verb

Cut or shape (something) with a chisel.

Usage examples:

Chisel a hole through the brickwork

verb

Cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.

Usage examples:

They chopped up the pulpit for firewood

noun

A downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand.

Usage examples:

An effective chop to the back of the neck

noun

A trademark; a brand of goods.

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

noun

A small cube with each side having a different number of spots on it, ranging from one to six, thrown and used in gambling and other games involving chance.

Usage examples:

Gauss's guess was based on throwing a dice with one side marked ‘prime’ and the others all blank.

verb

Play or gamble with dice.

Usage examples:

Prohibitions on all dancing and dicing

plural noun

Two small cubes (= square, box-shaped solids) that are the same, each with a different number of spots on each of its six sides, used in games

Usage examples:

Peel and dice the carrots.

verb

Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.

Usage examples:

My name was engraved on the ring

verb

To cut a picture or design, or letters into the surface of a hard substance such as metal, wood, or stone

Usage examples:

The 2000-year-old ivories are intricately carved and engraved with scenes of palace life.

verb

Engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.

Usage examples:

Aquatint is a process of achieving tone by etching a metal plate

noun

The action or process of etching something.

Usage examples:

Semiconductor production processes such as plasma etch

verb

To cut a pattern, picture, etc., in a surface

Usage examples:

Rory ordered a baseball bat with his own name etched in the wood., fig.the building had become etch…

noun

A popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The latest parisian fashions

verb

Make into a particular form.

Usage examples:

The bottles were fashioned from green glass

combining form

In the manner of something specified.

Usage examples:

The masts extend concertina-fashion

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

verb

Cut with rough or heavy blows.

Usage examples:

Hack off the branches and let them fall to the ground

noun

A rough cut, blow, or stroke.

Usage examples:

He was sure one of us was going to take a hack at him

verb

Ride a horse for pleasure or exercise.

Usage examples:

The two riders hacked along the trail through the woods

verb

Chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool.

Usage examples:

Master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe

abbreviation

(the us department of) health, education, and welfare.

Usage examples:

He was hew secretary 1970–73

verb

Mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or cuts.

Usage examples:

A button incised with a skull

verb

To cut the surface of something carefully with a sharp tool

Usage examples:

The design is incised into a metal plate., a shield incised with celtic symbols

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

noun

An indentation or incision on an edge or surface.

Usage examples:

There was a notch in the end of the arrow for the bowstring

verb

Make notches in.

Usage examples:

He notched the stick at each end

noun

A v-shaped cut in a hard surface

Usage examples:

The stick has two notches, one at each end.

verb

Produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper.

Usage examples:

A thousand copies of the book were printed

noun

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style.

Usage examples:

She forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print

verb

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

noun

The number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual.

Usage examples:

The final score was 4–3 to royston

verb

Gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Usage examples:

Mccartney scored a fine goal

verb

A number that expresses accomplishment in a game or contest

verb

Create or represent (something) by carving, casting, or other shaping techniques.

Usage examples:

Sculpting human figures from ivory

verb

Create by shaping stone or wood or other material

verb

To create solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone

Usage examples:

Johnny sculpted an old man's head out of wood., the dripping water had sculpted strange shapes out …

noun

The art of making three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

verb

The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

noun

The art of creating objects out of material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or a work of art of this type

Usage examples:

[ c ] in the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures., picasso sculpted the "venus of lapigue.", …

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

verb

Cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.

Usage examples:

For what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead

noun

A wide, sweeping stroke made with a knife or sword.

Usage examples:

The man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword

conjunction

An oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or ), in fractions (e.g. 3/4 ), in ratios (e.g. miles/day ), or between separate elements of a text.

Usage examples:

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noun

A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.

Usage examples:

Four slices of bread

verb

Cut (something, especially food) into slices.

Usage examples:

Slice the onion into rings

noun

A flat, often thin piece of food that has been cut from a larger piece

Usage examples:

A slice of bread/cake/pizza, she demanded a slice of the profits., the drama is a slice of life abo…

verb

Carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.

Usage examples:

He was sitting at the tent door, whittling a piece of wood with a knife

verb

To slice thin pieces from a piece of wood, or to form something from wood by slicing pieces off it

Usage examples:

[ i ] he likes to whittle.