carve

UK /kɑɹv/ US /kɑɹv/
verb 5noun 2

Definitions

verb

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

To cut meat in order to serve it.

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

3

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[…].

4

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

5

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.

noun

1

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.

2

The act of carving

Give that turkey a careful carve.

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