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carve carvescarvingcarved

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verbIf you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone . If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set.He carves his figures from white pine.I picked up a piece of wood and started carving....carved stone figures.If you carve writing or a design on an object, you cut it into the surface of the object.He carved his name on his desk.The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century.If you carve a piece of cooked meat, you cut slices from it so that you can eat it.Andrew began to carve the chicken.Carve the meat into slices.If you carve a career or a niche for yourself, you succeed in getting the career or the position that you want by your own efforts .She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor.He is hoping to carve out a much greater role for himself.Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career.If a road is carved through a place, it is built so that it goes through that place.Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside. C1

word	carve
definition	verb If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone . If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out. One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set. He carves his figures from white pine. I picked up a piece of wood and started carving. ...carved stone figures. If you carve writing or a design on an object, you cut it into the surface of the object. He carved his name on his desk. The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century. If you carve a piece of cooked meat, you cut slices from it so that you can eat it. Andrew began to carve the chicken. Carve the meat into slices. If you carve a career or a niche for yourself, you succeed in getting the career or the position that you want by your own efforts . She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor. He is hoping to carve out a much greater role for himself. Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career. If a road is carved through a place, it is built so that it goes through that place. Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside.
inflections	carvescarvingcarved
cefr-level	C1

Carve Carved Wood Object Stone Make Cutting Carves