Synonyms for carve
kɑrvcarve

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1. carveverb

   form by carving

   "Carve a flower from the ice"

   Synonyms:
   chip at, cut up

2. carve, chip atverb

   engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

   "carve one's name into the bark"

   Synonyms:
   chip at, cut up

3. carve, cut upverb

   cut to pieces

   "Father carved the ham"

   Synonyms:
   hack, cut up, compartmentalize, mutilate, chip at, compartmentalise, mangle

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Shape

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1. carveverb

   Synonyms:
   sculpture, chisel, cut

2. carveverb

   Synonyms:
   form, shape, fashion, mould

3. carveverb

   Synonyms:
   engrave, grave

4. carveverb

   Synonyms:
   cut in pieces or slices

5. carve

   Synonyms:
   v. n. exercise the trade of a carver

6. carve

   Synonyms:
   cut meat at table

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1. carveverb

   Synonyms:
   sculpture, chisel, engrave, fashion, mould

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1. List of paraphrases for "carve":

   sculpt

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How to use carve in a sentence?

1. Tu Le:

   I'm not sure if they'll be able to carve out a position in the market.

2. E. B. White:

   Deathlessness should be arrived at in a... haphazard fashion. Loving fame as much as any man, we shall carve our initials in the shell of a tortoise and turn him loose in a peat bog.

3. Jerome Kemp:

   I believe every one of our clients has the right to expect the information they share with us ... is protected by confidentiality. There would be no carve out in respect to a central bank or any other client.

4. V Naipaul:

   Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:

   Carve every word before you let it fall.