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carve

/kɑɹv/verb1 syllable

Carve means: engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.

Synonyms for carve2

verb, as in engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

chip at

verb, as in cut to pieces

cut up

What does carve mean?3

verb

1

engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface“carve one's name into the bark”

2

cut to pieces“Father carved the ham”

3

form by carving“Carve a flower from the ice”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with carve?1

one syllable

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Carve in a sentence

  • An icebreaker can carve a channel in the ice fifteen meters wide.Amastan
  • He taught his sons how to carve wood.Amastan
  • Carve it so that the tip will jut out from the wall.mccarras
  • I would like to carve a wooden dolphin.CM
  • It takes a skilled craftsman to carve a handle that ornate.kulupuJeti
  • Matthew's grandfather used to carve beautiful sculptures out of wood.Amastan
  • Ivan was teaching Rima how to carve a pumpkin.Amastan
  • Companions with the same aim, to carve out their own future, cooperate with each other.fcbond

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of carve

as a verb

past tense
carved
present participle
carving
third-person singular
carves
past participle
carved