carve

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (archaic) To cut.
2. To cut meat in order to serve it.
3. To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
4. To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
5. (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
6. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A carucate.
2. The act of carving

Sinonieme

engrave

cut

slice

sculpt

chisel

whittle

chop

hash

#️⃣

sculpture

cut up

cut out

write

✍️

grave

🪦

hew

etch

mince

notch

incise

sever

pare

scratch

inlay

chip

inscribe

dig

tattoo

shape

chip at

pattern

chase

clip

carve wood

decorate

slit

gouge

shear

slash

draw

door

🚪

copy

dismember

disassemble

compel

dig out

hackle

hack

grub out

dawn

chop up

character

Vertalings

tailler

sculpter

graver

intagliare

scolpire

tagliare

schnitzen

cortar

schneiden

découper

talhar

esculpir

incidere

tallar

cortar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɑɹv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: kerven

Geërf van Old English: ceorfan

Verwante met Fries: kerve

Verwante met Nederlands: kerven

Verwante met Nederduits: karven

Verwante met Duits: kerben

Verwante met Pruisies: gīrbin

Verwante met Kerkslawies: жрѣбии

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: γράφειν

In summary

From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with West Frisian kerve, Dutch kerven, Low German karven, German kerben (“to notch”); also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).

Sinne

I would like to carve a wooden dolphin .