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carve

DEFINITIONS OF: carve

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v engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

“carve one's name into the bark”
Synonyms:
chip at
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chisel
carve with a chisel
engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
engrave, etch
carve or cut a design or letters into
character
engrave or inscribe characters on
Type of:
cut
separate with or as if with an instrument

v form by carving

“Carve a flower from the ice”
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hew, hew out
make or shape as with an axe
grave, sculpt, sculpture
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
fret
carve a pattern into
rough-hew, roughcast
hew roughly, without finishing the surface
honeycomb
carve a honeycomb pattern into
Type of:
cut
separate with or as if with an instrument
forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
make something, usually for a specific function

v cut to pieces

“Father carved the ham”
Synonyms:
cut up
Types:
shave
make shavings of or reduce to shavings
filet, fillet
cut into filets
Type of:
cut
separate with or as if with an instrument
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