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carve
verb (carves, carved, carved or (archaic) carven, carving)
  1. (archaic) To cut.
  2. To cut meat in order to serve it.
  3. To shape to sculptural effect.
  4. (snowboarding): To perform a series of turns without pivoting. When the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
Translations: 
  • German: schnitzen
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, turn without pivoting)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: Old English ceorfan, Äeorfan, from West Germanic
  • kerfan. Cognate with Dutch kerven, and perhaps ultimately with Greek .


     
 
  

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