Bible Dictionaries
Carve

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

(2):

(v. t.) To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.

(3):

(v. t.) To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.

(4):

(n.) A carucate.

(5):

(v. i.) To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

(6):

(v. i.) To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

(7):

(v. t.) To cut.

(8):

(v. t.) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

(9):

(v. t.) To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

(10):

(v. t.) To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carve'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/carve.html. 1828.