carve

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

tailler

sculpter

graver

intagliare

scolpire

tagliare

schnitzen

cortar

schneiden

découper

talhar

esculpir

incidere

tallar

cortar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑɹv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kerven

Inherited from Old English: ceorfan

Cognate with Western Frisian: kerve

Cognate with Dutch: kerven

Cognate with Low German: karven

Cognate with German: kerben

Cognate with Prussian: gīrbin

Cognate with Church Slavic: жрѣбии

Cognate with Ancient Greek: 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”).

Sentences

I would like to carve a wooden dolphin .