carved; carving
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
carver
noun
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
After working as a session vocalist for artists like Trisha Yearwood and Shania Twain, Mandisa began to carve out a solo career after auditioning for the fifth season of American Idol in 2005.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
But places like Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are also trying to carve an important niche in the semiconductor supply chain.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 18 Apr. 2024
Brown couldn’t help but compare the stellar stopper to Golden State’s own Draymond Green, a scrappy but unheralded defender who carved out an incredible career on high-flying offenses.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Tensions between two powerful rival factions that had already carved out fiefdoms in the country — the Sudanese Armed Forces, headed by Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — exploded into open war.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
As the bright, beautiful beam carved a disc out of a metal plate 100 μm thick, our entire lab huddled around, watching in amazement.
—Susumu Noda, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2024
In municipalities carved out of cartel hot spots, where the gangs run drug trafficking routes and infiltrate the production of cash crops, the seats have grown into the primary entry point for corrupt influence, experts say.
—David Shortell, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
With Roger distracted by reverie, The Ghoul shoots him in the head — and immediately begins carving meat off his body.
—EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
That deal carves out less funding than in the bipartisan border deal that collapsed in February, after Republicans scuttled the effort to fix the immigration systemat the behest of former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
—Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
But places like Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are also trying to carve an important niche in the semiconductor supply chain.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 18 Apr. 2024
Brown couldn’t help but compare the stellar stopper to Golden State’s own Draymond Green, a scrappy but unheralded defender who carved out an incredible career on high-flying offenses.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Tensions between two powerful rival factions that had already carved out fiefdoms in the country — the Sudanese Armed Forces, headed by Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo — exploded into open war.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
As the bright, beautiful beam carved a disc out of a metal plate 100 μm thick, our entire lab huddled around, watching in amazement.
—Susumu Noda, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2024
In municipalities carved out of cartel hot spots, where the gangs run drug trafficking routes and infiltrate the production of cash crops, the seats have grown into the primary entry point for corrupt influence, experts say.
—David Shortell, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
With Roger distracted by reverie, The Ghoul shoots him in the head — and immediately begins carving meat off his body.
—EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
That deal carves out less funding than in the bipartisan border deal that collapsed in February, after Republicans scuttled the effort to fix the immigration systemat the behest of former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
—Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Carve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carve. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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carve
verb
carved; carving
1
: to cut with care or exactness
2
: to cut into pieces or slices
3
: to cut up and serve meat
carver
noun
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