carve v
1. form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"
2. engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" [syn: chip at]
3. cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" [syn: cut up]

Carve \Carve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved; p. pr. & vb. n. Carving.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. ? to write, orig. to scatch, and E. -graphy. Cf. Graphic.]
1. To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. --Spenser.
2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. --Coleridge.
3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. An angel carved in stone. --Tennyson. We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. --C. Wolfe.
4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. ``To carve a capon.'' --Shak.

Carve \Carve\, v. i.
1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.
2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

Carve \Carve\, n. A carucate. [Obs.] --Burrill.

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