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Carve Common

Carve has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A carucate.

"There is no valid example sentence for this request because "carucate" is an obsolete unit of land measurement and does not mean "to carve," nor can it be used as a verb in that context; the word you are looking for might be related to "acreage" or simply confused with the unrelated verb "carve.""

Verb
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"

3

cut to pieces

"Father carved the ham"

4

To cut.

"She carved a small notch into the wooden handle to mark her spot on the team roster."

Example Sentences
"Carve a flower from the ice" verb
"carve one's name into the bark" verb
"Father carved the ham" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cut shape
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
hew sculpt fret chisel scratch engrave shave fillet
Rhyming Words
verve terve curve lurve perve serve nerve merve kerve herve varve tarve larve harve surve swarve slurve sparve clerve enerve
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