carve
To cut meat in order to serve it.
Example
“You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.”
Other meanings
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
Synonyms
- cut up
Related words
- becarve
- carvability
- carvable
- carveability
- carveable
- forcarve
- overcarve
- recarve
- undercarve
- carved in stone
- carve out
- carver
Word history
From Old English "ceorfan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “carve” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.