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v. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice: carved a roast.

v. To divide by parceling out: carve up an estate.

v. To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting: carve the wood into a figure.

v. To make or form by or as if by cutting: carve initials in the bark; carved out an empire.

v. To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully.

verb-intransitive. To engrave or cut figures as an art, hobby, or trade.

verb-intransitive. To disjoint, slice, and serve meat or poultry.

v. To cut.

v. To cut meat in order to serve it.

v. To shape to sculptural effect.

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

v. To produce something using skill.

n. A carucate.

v. To cut.

v. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.

v. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form.

v. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.

v. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

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

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

verb-intransitive. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

verb-intransitive. To cut up meat.

n. A carucate.

To cut with an edged tool or sharp instrument.

Specifically — To cut into pieces or slices, as meat at table; divide by cutting, or, figuratively, by parceling out: as, to carve a fowl; to carve up an estate.

To cut (some solid material) in order to produce the representation of an object or a design; fashion by cutting: as, to carve a block of marble into a statue.

To produce by cutting; form by cutting or hewing; grave or engrave; sculpture: as, to carve an image; to carve a design in boxwood.

To decorate by carving; produce cut or sculptured designs upon: as, to carve, a capital; to carve a cherry-stone.

To mark as with carving.

To carve out. To make or form by carving or parceling; cut out: as, to carve out a smaller estate from a larger one.

Figuratively, to achieve by exertion or skill: as, to carve out a career for one's self.

To exercise the trade of a carver; engrave or cut figures.

To cut up meat: as, to carve for all the guests.

To carve for one's self, to do as one pleases; act independently.

To grow sour; curdle: said of cream.

n. See carue.

To make a private sign to, at table. See II., 3.

To make a private sign with the little finger at table, as when one carves (def. II., 2) or pretends to carve, or raises a glass to one's lips.

v. cut to pieces

v. engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

v. form by carving

"The unsecured creditors may use that so-called carve-out to cover such expenses as attorneys 'fees or as a supplement to what the company will repay them upon its exit from bankruptcy protection."

carved    carves    carving   

cut    chisel    engrave    sculpture   

carve-up    carved in stone    carve out    carvery    carver    carve up   

sculpture    engrave    form    apportion    provide    contrive    design    plan    carucate   

Marv    marv    starve   

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