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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kahrv |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɑrv |
Definition of carve out
Origin :- Old English ceorfan (class III strong verb; past tense cearf, past participle corfen) "to cut, cut down, slay; to carve, cut out, engrave," from West Germanic *kerfan (cf. Old Frisian kerva, Middle Dutch and Dutch kerven, German kerben "to cut, notch"), from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch," making carve the English cognate of Greek graphein "to write," originally "to scratch" on clay tablets with a stylus.
- Once extensively used, most senses now usurped by cut (v.). Meaning specialized to sculpture, meat, etc., by 16c. Related: Carved; carving. Original strong conjugation has been abandoned, but archaic carven lingers.
- As in take : verb get; help oneself to
- As for me, I ask no help from any one: I go into the world and will carve out my own way.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Ambitious, light-hearted, he went to Africa to carve out a name in the army.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- I shall have to carve out my own life, and I feel that I am as well able to do it as he was.
- Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Could he not, indeed, carve out another kingdom for himself?
- Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
- We cant all get married, so we have to carve out our careers.
- Extract from : « John Brown » by Captain R. W. Campbell
- You must carve out a holding for yourself, for you are a ruler of men by your face, lad.
- Extract from : « Nuala O'Malley » by H. Bedford-Jones
- But now I knew that I had no rank or inheritance, save what I should carve out for myself.
- Extract from : « Bab: A Sub-Deb » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He wanted to carve out for himself a place of position and power.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Rose Again » by Joseph Hocking
- "We wish to carve out our own destinies," said Anna-Felicitas.
- Extract from : « Christopher and Columbus » by Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
- I wonder I never had sufficient wit to carve out one like this before.
- Extract from : « Diane of the Green Van » by Leona Dalrymple
Synonyms for carve out
- abduct
- accept
- acquire
- arrest
- attain
- capture
- carry off
- carve out
- catch
- clasp
- clutch
- collar
- collect
- earn
- ensnare
- entrap
- gain possession
- gather up
- get hold of
- grab
- grasp
- grip
- handle
- haul in
- have
- hold
- lay hold of
- obtain
- overtake
- pick up
- prehend
- pull in
- reach
- reap
- receive
- secure
- seize
- snag
- snatch
- strike
- take hold of
- take in
- win
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