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Definitions for Carve

[1] to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
[2] to form from a solid material by cutting: to carve a statue out of stone.
[3] to cut into slices or pieces, as a roast of meat.
[4] to decorate with designs or figures cut on the surface: The top of the box was beautifully carved with figures of lions and unicorns.
[5] to cut (a design, figures, etc.) on a surface: Figures of lions and unicorns were carved on the top of the box.
[6] to make or create for oneself (often followed by out ): He carved out a career in business.
[7] to carve figures, designs, etc.
[8] to cut meat.
[9] (tr) to cut or chip in order to form something to carve wood
[10] to decorate or form (something) by cutting or chipping to carve statues
[11] to slice (meat) into pieces to carve a turkey

Words related to Carve

fashion, divide, hack, chisel, shape, slice, engrave, etch, mold, sculpt, trim, cleave, hew, indent, form, pattern, chip, stipple, tool, incise

Words nearby Carve

carunculate, carus curve, caruso, caruso, enrico, carvacrol, carve, carve out, carve up, carvel, carvel-built, carven

Origin of Carve

before 1000; Middle English kerven, Old English ceorfan to cut; cognate with Middle Low German kerven, German kerben, Greek gráphein to mark, write; see graph

Other words from Carve

carv·er , noun
re·carve , verb, re·carved, re·carv·ing.
sem·i·carved , adjective
un·carved , adjective
un·der·carve , verb (used with object), un·der·carved, un·der·carv·ing.
well-carved , adjective

Word origin for Carve

Old English ceorfan; related to Old Frisian kerva, Middle High German kerben to notch

Synonyms for Carve

chisel, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, hack, mold, sculpt, shape, slice, chip, cleave, dissect, dissever, form, grave, hew, incise, indent, model, mould, pattern, rough-hew, slash, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle, block out, insculpt