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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carved adj : made for formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone" [syn: {carven}] [ant: {uncarved}]
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