3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Carve \Carve\ (k[aum]rv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carved} (k[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Carving}.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. gra`fein to write, orig. to scratch, and E. -graphy. Cf. {Graphic}.] 1. To cut. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. [1913 Webster] Carved with figures strange and sweet. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. [1913 Webster] An angel carved in stone. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. --C. Wolfe. [1913 Webster] 4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting. [1913 Webster] My good blade carved the casques of men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] A million wrinkles carved his skin. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. [1913 Webster] Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. --South. [1913 Webster] 7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. [1913 Webster] Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {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." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: carved \carved\ adj. formed by carving or having a design carved into the surface. [Narrower terms: {sliced}] Syn: carven. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: carved adj : made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone" [syn: {carven}] [ant: {uncarved}]
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