carve

verb

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\ ˈkärv

carved; carving

Definition of carve

transitive verb

1 : to cut with care or precision carved fretwork

2 : to make or get by or as if by cutting —often used with out carve out a career

3 : to cut into pieces or slices carved the turkey

intransitive verb

1 : to cut up and serve meat

2 : to work as a sculptor or engraver

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Examples of carve in a Sentence

We carved an ice sculpture. Who is going to carve the turkey? He carved while I made the gravy.

Recent Examples on the Web But there is a chance Brown could carve out a role on special teams as a punt returner. — Stephen Means, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022 The result is three ways to meet an artist who may be America’s most essential today, one who is adamantly individual and searingly frank about race, gender, sexuality, spiritual life and more — the better to carve a responsible role in the culture. — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 The player has failed to carve out a consistent role in manager Thomas Tuchel's team, and much was made recently of Pulisic removing any mention of Chelsea from his Instagram bio. — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 1 June 2022 In the meantime, associates say, the governor is eager to carve a larger role for himself on the national stage, befitting the overseer of the world’s fifth-largest economy and head of the country’s most populous state. — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022 Scouts praised his ability to handle the ball and do the little things to affect winning, but now in his fifth year in the NBA, Brown has never been able to carve out a major role for himself. — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 King, meanwhile, is looking to carve out a role after moving from tight end. — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 All our guys have to earn a role and have to carve it out. — cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022 But as more tasks moved to the cloud, VMware struggled to keep up growth and carve out a key role for itself. — Liana Baker, Fortune, 23 May 2022 See More

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