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carving

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkɑːvɪŋ//
  • United States//ˈkɑɹvɪŋ//

A carved object.

noun

  1. 1

    A carved object.

    The carvings on the oak panels were ancient.

  2. 2

    The act or craft of producing a carved object.

    He took up carving after his retirement.

    My father is an expert in carving, so we let him handle Christmas dinner.

verb

  1. 1

    Executing turns without pivoting.

  2. 2

    Also a form of carvepresent participle and gerund of carve

Forms

plural
carvings
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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).