Overview of verb carve

The verb carve has 3 senses

• carve -- (form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice")


• carve, chip at -- (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark")


• carve, cut up -- (cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham")

Overview of adj carved

The adj carved has 1 sense

• carved, carven -- (made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone")