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carve

/kɑːv/

noun

Meaning

  • A carucate.

  • The act of carving

    "give that turkey a careful carve"

verb

Meaning

  • To cut.

  • To cut meat in order to serve it.

    "You carve the roast and I'll serve the vegetables."

  • To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.

    "to carve a name into a tree"

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

  • To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

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