Definitions for carving
ˈkɑr vɪŋcarv·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. carvingnoun

   a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape

2. carving, cuttingnoun

   removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

3. sculpture, carvingnoun

   creating figures or designs in three dimensions

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carvingnoun

   A carved object.

   The primitive carving looked ancient but was stamped made in Taiwan.

2. carvingverb

   Executing turns without pivoting.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carvingnoun

   Sculpture; figures carved.

   Etymology: from carve.

   They can no more last like the ancients, than excellent carvings in wood, like those in marble and brass. William Temple.

   The lids are ivy, grapes in clusters lurk
   Beneath the carving of the curious work. John Dryden, Virgil.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carving

   Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools. Carving, as a means for making stone or wooden sculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay, fruit, and melted glass, which may be shaped into the desired forms while soft and then harden into that form. Carving tends to require much more work than methods using malleable materials. Kinds of carving include:

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1. carving

   Carving is an artistic or culinary process involving the removal of material or substances in order to create a particular shape, design, or figure, often using specialized tools. This technique is usually performed on materials such as wood, stone, or marble in art, or on foods like meat or vegetables in cooking.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Carving

   of Carve

2. Carvingnoun

   the act or art of one who carves

3. Carvingnoun

   a piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material

4. Carvingnoun

   the whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century

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1. • Artistic Creation
   • Creating By Removal
   • Fine Arts
   • Sculpture

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of carving in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of carving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of carving in a Sentence

1. Anais Nin:

   We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them.

2. Jo Anne Van Tilburg:

   The near exclusive use of one quarry to produce these seventeen tools supports a view of craft specialization based on information exchange, but we can't know at this stage if the interaction was collaborative, it may also have been coercive in some way. Human behavior is complex. This study encourages further mapping and stone sourcing, and our excavations continue to shed new light on moai carving.

3. Christopher Swain:

   How about now that we have it on the 'Superfund' list, we turn the Gowanus Canal into a jewel, it could be something amazing. Carving through the most expensive real estate in this world.

4. Jennifer Pizer:

   [W]e are witness yet again to the unrelenting anti-LGBTQ crusade being waged by self-described Christian fundamentalist legal groups aiming to chip away at the hard-won gains of LGBTQ people by carving out swaths of territory where discrimination can flourish, the constitutional protections for religious freedom and free speech were never intended as weapons of discrimination for those doing business with the general public.

5. Raymond Chandler:

   There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=carving
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Carving
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=carving
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carving
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carving