carve
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
form by carving
Carve a flower from the ice
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Sense 2 verb
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
carve one's name into the bark
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- knap also see
- sculpture derivation
- woodcarver derivation
Sense 3 verb
cut to pieces
Father carved the ham
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | carving |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sculptor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hew |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grave |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fret |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | knap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sculpture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | woodcarver |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chisel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inscribe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | etch |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | split |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cutter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | filet |