becarvev.
/bɪˈkɑːv/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off
becarveOE
carvec1000
hewc1000
shredc1275
cuta1300
chapc1325
cleavec1330
off-shearc1330
withscore1340
to cut offc1380
colea1400
slivea1400
to score awayc1400
abscisea1500
discidea1513
sharea1529
off-trenchc1530
off-hewc1540
pare1549
detrench1553
slice?1560
detrunk1566
sneck1578
resect1579
shred1580
curtail1594
off-chop1594
lop?1602
disbranch1608
abscind1610
snip1611
circumcise1613
desecate1623
discerpa1628
amputate1638
absciss1639
prescind1640
notch1820
OE Beowulf 1590 Ond hine þá héafde becearf.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 267 Laðelese meidnes þe..hafden bicoruen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)]
inhook1265
upbreak1382
becarvea1425
subvert1479
ripea1500
outrive1598
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxviii. 24 Whether he that erith..schal be kerue [1382 forth cutten] and purge his londe?
3. To cut in pieces, carve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut to pieces
to-carvec950
forhewa1000
forcarveOE
to-hackc1000
to-hewc1000
to-slivec1050
to-brittenc1175
shredc1275
to-snedc1275
to-race1297
smitec1300
dismember1303
hewa1382
hew1382
to-cut1382
forcutc1386
brit?a1400
splatc1400
to-shredc1405
upshear1430
detrench1470
dispiece1477
thrusche1483
till-hew1487
despiecea1492
rip1530
share?1566
hash1591
shamble1601
becut1630
betrench1656
mincemeat1861
becarve1863
1863 R. Alcock Capital of Tycoon I. 272 The chance of being becarved by two-sworded samourai in pursuit of their game.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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