carve

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To cut.

   • My good blade carves the casques of men, / My tough lance thrusteth sure, / My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure.
2. 2

   To cut meat in order to serve it.

   • You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.
3. 3

   To shape to sculptural effect

   To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.

   • to carve a name into a tree
   • The facades of the buildings fronting upon the avenue within the wall were richly carven[…].
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   1. 4

      To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard…

      To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.

   2. 5

      To take or make, as by cutting

      To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

      • […] who could easily have carved themselves their own food.
      • The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.
   3. 6

      To lay out

      To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

      • Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet.
   4. 7

      A carucate.

      • ... half a carve of arable land in Ballyncore, one carve of arable land in Pales, a quarter of arable land in Clonnemeagh, half a carve of arable land in Ballyfaden, half a carve of arable land in Ballymadran, ...
      • Whereof John de Ditton holds a moiety of the village for half a carve of land.
   5. 8

      The act of carving

      • Give that turkey a careful carve.

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