Carve

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Cut.

II. Carve ·noun A Carucate.

III. Carve ·vt To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

IV. Carve ·vi To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

V. Carve ·vt To take or make, as by cutting; to Provide.

VI. Carve ·vi To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

VII. Carve ·vt To lay out; to Contrive; to Design; to Plan.

VIII. Carve ·vt To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to Form; as, to carve a name on a tree.

IX. Carve ·vt To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to Apportion.

X. Carve ·vt To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to Sculpture; to Engrave.