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01. My grandfather used to enjoy [carving] ducks out of wood.
02. My dad always had the job of [carving] the turkey at Christmas.
03. When I was working in the far north, I saw many beautiful [carvings] made from soapstone by Inuit artists.
04. The prisoner was able to escape after [carving] a gun out of soap, and using it to threaten the guard.
05. Gabriel [carved] his girlfriend's initials into the top of his desk.
06. The cook [carved] thin slices of meat off the roast beef.
07. The doors of the church were decorated with beautiful [carvings] of religious scenes.
08. Over the centuries, the river has [carved] a winding path through the canyon.
09. Vikrem has [carved] himself an important place in this company through his hard work.
10. Spanish author Cervantes once observed that the brave man [carves] out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
11. Artist Michelangelo once said of his work, "I saw the angel in the marble, and [carved] until I set him free."
12. There is a Saudi Arabian proverb which holds that what is learned in youth is [carved] in stone.
13. Scientists have discovered the oldest known playable musical instrument in the world; a flute [carved] from a bird's wingbone more than 9,000 years ago.
14. A turkey should never be [carved] until it has been out of the oven at least 30 minutes.
15. On the stone temples of Madura in southern India, there are more than 30 million [carved] images of gods and goddesses.
16. "The Pieta" is the only sculpture on which Michelangelo is believed to have [carved] his name.
17. The two most highly developed forms of traditional art in Mozambique are wood [carving] and dancing.
18. In the 19th century, European powers [carved] up Africa, and claimed huge territories of the continent as their colonies.
19. The people of Easter Island [carved] approximately 600 stone figures, some as high as 36 feet.
20. The faces of four American presidents are [carved] into the rock at Mount Rushmore.
21. In 1790, workers in Mexico City unearthed a massive stone solar calendar believed to have been [carved] by the Aztecs in 1479.
22. Humans [carve] the world into meaningful chunks called categories in order to make sense of our environment and the objects contained within it.
23. Landforms on earth are systematically [carved] out by rivers as they flow to the sea.
24. Alexander the Great [carved] out the greatest empire of his time, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to Afghanistan.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • carve — [ka:v US ka:rv] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make object or pattern)¦ 2¦(cut something into a surface)¦ 3¦(cut meat)¦ 4¦(job/position/life)¦ 5¦(water/wind)¦ 6¦(reduce something)¦ Phrasal verbs 　carve somebody/something<=>up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin:… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Carve — Исполнитель Slipknot Альбом Демо 1996 года Дата выпуска 1 января 1996 Дата записи 1996 …   Википедия

  • Carve — (k[aum]rv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carved} (k[aum]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Carving}.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. gra fein to write, orig. to scratch, and E. graphy. Cf. {Graphic}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carve — [kärv] vt. carved, carving [ME kerven < OE ceorfan < IE base * gerebh , to scratch: see GRAPHIC] 1. to make or shape by or as by cutting, chipping, hewing, etc. [carve a statue out of wood or stone, carve a career] 2. to decorate the… …   English World dictionary

  • carve — 1 *cut, slit, hew, chop, slash Analogous words: shape, fashion, form (see MAKE): *separate, divide, part 2 Carve, incise, engrave, etch, chisel, sculpture, sculpt, sculp are comparable when they denote to cut an outline or a shape out of or into… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • carve — ► VERB 1) cut into or shape (a hard material) to produce an object or design. 2) produce (a design or object) by carving. 3) cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating. 4) (carve out) develop (a career, reputation, etc.) through painstaking effort …   English terms dictionary

  • Carve — Carve, v. i. 1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • carve — [ karv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make an object by cutting it from stone or wood: He carved a statue of her out of an old log. a ) transitive to produce a pattern or writing on the surface of something by cutting it: She carved… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • carve — O.E. ceorfan (class III strong verb; past tense cearf, pp. corfen) to cut, cut down, slay; to carve, cut out, engrave, from W.Gmc. *kerfan (Cf. O.Fris. kerva, Du. kerven, Ger. kerben to cut, notch ), from PIE root *gerbh to scratch, making carve… …   Etymology dictionary

  • carve-up — UK US noun [countable] [singular carve up plural carve ups] british informal the division of something such as land between different people or countries, especially in a way that seems unfair Thesaurus: favo …   Useful english dictionary

  • Carve — Carve, n. A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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