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Meanings of carve in English

Portuguese
talhar
Catalan
trinxar
Spanish
tallar

Engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.

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        talhar
        Portuguese
        cortar

        Cut to pieces.

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              cortar
              Usage of carve in English
              1
              A political carve-up does not address the deeper causes of the conflict.
              The Guardian
              2
              You, the player, must carve out a new future for the clan.
              The South African
              3
              Just carve out your clone's and off you go, good as new.
              Wired
              4
              And as I said, we have a mechanism to carve out countries.
              The Guardian
              5
              You're not going to carve chances out every four or five minutes.
              The Guardian
              6
              The Shu Han carve us up seeking the source of our power.
              Shadow and Bone
              7
              Banks have lobbied regulators to carve out broad exemptions to the rule.
              Reuters
              8
              For the entire African continent, the company can only carve out nine.
              Wired
              9
              I like the fact that the Spanish still carve ham by hand.
              The Guardian
              10
              Like myself, you'll carve a great passage in the record of time.
              A nameless witch
              11
              It helped them carve out a double-digit lead as the quarter progressed.
              Reuters
              12
              Perhaps they will carve my name in the stone if I do.
              Daughters of the Nile
              13
              Anything to carve into the foot and remove whatever was lodged inside.
              Zeitoun
              14
              Let us keep our secret; let us carve out our own fortunes.
              In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
              15
              He wished to use it to carve his meat but was forbidden.
              A duty to the dead
              16
              Straight lines, you can't really carve away in any kind of curvature.
              Wired
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              Translations for carve
              Portuguese
              talharcortar
              Carve through the time
              Carve across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common