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| carve [ kaarv ] (past and past participle carved, present participle carv·ing, 3rd person present singular carves) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb make something by cutting and shaping: to make an object or design by cutting and shaping a hard material such as wood or stone
  statues carved from marble
I remembered carving her name on a tree, years ago.
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2. transitive verb cut substance to make something: to cut and shape a material such as wood or stone in order to make an object or design
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3. transitive and intransitive verb cut meat: to cut cooked meat into slices
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4. transitive verb make shape by natural force: to make a shape by an eroding action
dunes carved into strange shapes by the wind
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| [ Old English ceorfan< Germanic, "to scratch"] |
