Definition of "carve" in inglés

verb

1. (archaic) To cut.

2. To cut meat in order to serve it.

   • You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.

3. 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 carve a name into a tree

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

5. (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

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

noun

1. (obsolete) A carucate.

   • Whereof John de Ditton holds a moiety of the village for half a carve of land.

2. The act of carving

   • Give that turkey a careful carve.