Meaning

6 senses
  1. To cut meat in order to serve it.

    You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.

    tranchieren, zerlegen

    разреза́тьrazrezátʹ, ре́затьrézatʹ, разре́затьrazrézatʹ

    розрі́затиrozrízaty, розрі́зуватиrozrízuvaty

  2. 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 carve a name into a tree

    einkerben, kerben, schnitzen

    выреза́тьvyrezátʹ, высека́тьvysekátʹ

    ви́різатиvýrizaty, вирі́зуватиvyrízuvaty, висіка́тиvysikáty

  3. To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.

  4. (figuratively)To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

  5. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

  6. (archaic)To cut.

    schneiden

    ре́затьrézatʹ, выреза́тьvyrezátʹ

    рі́затиrízaty, ви́різатиvýrizaty

    cut to pieces

Examples

116 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary carved their initials into the tree.

    Том та Мері вирізали на дереві свої ініціали.

    ruТом и Мария вырезали свои инициалы на дереве.

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  2. He carved me a wooden doll.

    ruОн вырезал мне куклу из дерева.

    deEr hat mir eine Puppe aus Holz geschnitzt.

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  3. The boy carved his name on the tree.

    ruМальчик вырезал своё имя на дереве.

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  4. The boy carved his name in the tree.

    ruМальчик вырезал своё имя на дереве.

    deDer Junge schnitzte seinen Namen in den Baum.

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  5. The couple carved their initials into the oak tree.

    ruЭта пара вырезала свои инициалы на дубе.

    deDas Pärchen schnitzte seine Initialen in den Eichenbaum.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to cut:
to cut meat:
to shape to sculptural effect:
Русский
By meaning 3
to cut:
to cut meat:
to shape to sculptural effect:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to cut:
to cut meat:
to shape to sculptural effect:

Origin

From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, fr

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”).

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Forms

carves, carving, carved, carved
Base formcarve · to carve
3rd person singularcarves
Present participlecarving
Past simplecarved
Past participlecarved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycarve
he, she, itcarves

Past simpleLesson

all personscarved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave carved
he, she, ithas carved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill carve

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cut to pieces:cut up
  • engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface:chip at

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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