carve

English

/kɑɹv/, /kɑːv/

verb
Definitions
  • (archaic) 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.
  • (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
  • (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
  • To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kerven inherited from Old English ceorfan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną (carve) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (scratch, carve), *gerbʰ- (scratch, carve).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gerbʰ-

Gloss

scratch, carve

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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