transitive. To hew, cut, or sculpture (any solid figure, an image, out of stone, in ivory, etc.); to make or shape artistically by cutting.
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > sculpt or carve [verb (transitive)] > an image or design (10) carveOE transitive. To hew, cut, or sculpture (any solid figure, an image, out of stone, in ivory, etc.); to make or shape artistically by cutting. gravec1000 To form by carving, to carve, sculpture. literal and figurative; also absol. Obsolete exc. poetic. pill1535 transitive. To make or form (a pattern) by peeling; to carve. Obsolete. rare. engrave1542 trans. To sculpture; to portray or represent by sculpture. Obsolete. scrieve1542 transitive. To engrave or inscribe (a surface or object); to inscribe or incise (letters, symbols, etc.) on a surface or object. Usually in passive… chip1711 transitive. To produce or make (something) by breaking off fragments from a hard material, esp. wood or stone; to carve or sculpt (an inscription… whittle1848 To make or shape by whittling; to carve. Also figurative. chip-carve1903 transitive. To decorate (an object) using the technique of chip carving; to carve (a decoration) in this way. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. ch… Subcategories:— roughly (1) — on a surface (1) |
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