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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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