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
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