carve

Meanings

Plural: carves

Verb

form by carving
- "Carve a flower from the ice"
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- "carve one's name into the bark"
cut to pieces
- "Father carved the ham"
To cut.
To cut meat in order to serve it.
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.
To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

Noun

A carucate.
The act of carving

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

chip at, cut up

Scrabble Score: 10

carve is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
carve is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carve is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

carve is a valid Words With Friends word