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Adjective: carved  kaa(r)vd
  1. (literature) made for or formed by carving
    "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door";
    - carven [archaic]
Verb: carve  kaa(r)v
  1. Form by carving
    "Carve a flower from the ice"
     
  2. Engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
    "carve one's name into the bark";
    - chip at
     
  3. Cut or slice into pieces
    "Father carved the ham";
    - cut up

See also: carve up, engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed, lapidarian, sculpted, sculptured, sliced

Type of: cut, forge, form, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], shape, work

Antonym: uncarved

Encyclopedia: Carved

Carve, Thomas