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Meaning of carve

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

carve

Pronunciation:/kɑːv//kɑɹv/

noun

Definitions

  1. A carucate.

  2. The act of carving

    Example: give that turkey a careful carve

verb

Definitions

  1. To cut.

  2. To cut meat in order to serve it.

    Example: 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.

    Example: to carve a name into a tree

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