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What (who) is Carve - definition
1958 FILM BY LEWIS GILBERT
Carve Her Name With Pride; Carve her name with pride
carve
![Székely]] wood carving](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sulykolo.jpg?width=200 "Székely]] wood carving")
ACT OF USING TOOLS TO SHAPE SOMETHING FROM A MATERIAL BY SCRAPING AWAY PORTIONS OF THAT MATERIAL
Carve; Carve-up; Carvings; Carved
v.
1) (C) he carved an ornament for me; or: he carved me an ornament
2) (D; tr.) to carve from, out of (to carve a figure from ivory)
3) (d; intr.) to carve in (to carve in wood)
carve
ACT OF USING TOOLS TO SHAPE SOMETHING FROM A MATERIAL BY SCRAPING AWAY PORTIONS OF THAT MATERIAL
Carve; Carve-up; Carvings; Carved
I. v. a.
1.
Sculpture, chisel, cut.
2.
Form, shape, fashion, mould.
3.
Engrave, grave.
4.
Cut, hew, hack.
5.
Cut in pieces or slices, slice, divide.
II. v. n.
1.
Exercise the trade of a carver.
2.
Cut meat at table.
carve
ACT OF USING TOOLS TO SHAPE SOMETHING FROM A MATERIAL BY SCRAPING AWAY PORTIONS OF THAT MATERIAL
Carve; Carve-up; Carvings; Carved
¦ verb
1. cut into or shape (a hard material) in order to produce an object or design.
produce (an object or design) by carving.
2. cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating.
3. (carve something out) develop a career, reputation, etc. through painstaking effort.
4. (carve something up) cut into or divide up something ruthlessly.
(carve someone up) informal aggressively overtake another driver.
5. Skiing make (a turn) by tilting one's skis on to their edges and using one's weight to bend them so that they slide into an arc.
Derivatives
carving noun
Origin
OE ceorfan 'cut, carve', of W. Gmc origin.
Wikipedia
Carve Her Name with Pride
Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war drama film based on the book of the same name by R. J. Minney.
The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo, GC, who was captured and executed while serving in Nazi-occupied France. Szabo was played by Virginia McKenna.
Examples of use of Carve
1. "The idea that somehow we can carve out one sector and protect it, or carve out one industry and protect it, I think is obsolete," he said.
2. "Veg–head" took 30 hours to carve, Chris Andrews said.
3. Carve outs are stripping out non–emergency services and diagnostics.
4. It‘s not unreasonable to carve out a special role for party leaders.
5. If a nation is to successfully carve out its destiny it should firmly maintain independence.