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These are two words meaning types of chair. A Carver (with capital C) is in American English a chair with arms, a rush seat, and a back having horizontal and vertical spindles. It is named after J. Carver, the 17th century governor of Plymouth Colony. A carver (small c) is in British English the principal chair of a set of dining chairs, intended for the person who carves.

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verb

1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: cleave, cut, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split. See assemble/disassemble.
2. To cut (a design or inscription) into a hard surface, especially for printing: engrave, etch, grave, incise. See marks.

IN BRIEF: To shape by cutting; to cut into slices or pieces.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. — Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).

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verb trans.
verb trans.

1: To slash (a person) with a knife or razor. Usu. with up. (1929 —) .
G. Greene They just meant to carve him up, but a razor slipped (1938).

2: to carve up to cheat, swindle. (1933 —) .
H. Pinter Then after that, you know what they did? They carved me up. Carved me up. It was all arranged, it was all worked out (1959).

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n
carving instrument

An instrument used to shape a plastic material such as wax or amalgam.

For a list of words related to carver, see:

• Trades and Crafts - carver: cutter of meat at table
• Occupations and Job Titles

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udskære, udhugge, skære for, skabe
v. intr. - skabe

idioms:

• carve out    skære ud, skabe
• carve up    inddele

Nederlands (Dutch)
kerven, beeldhouwen, graveren, voorsnijden, uithouwen

Français (French)
v. tr. - tailler, sculpter, creuser, graver, (Culin) découper (de la viande), (fig) se faire (un nom), se tailler (une réputation), se construire (une carrière), creuser (un tunnel)
v. intr. - découper (de la viande)

idioms:

• carve out    se faire (un nom), se tailler (une réputation), se construire (une carrière), creuser (un tunnel)
• carve up    partager (un territoire, un marché), (Culin) découper (de la viande), taillader le visage à (qn), (Aut) faire une queue de poisson à

Deutsch (German)
v. - einschnitzen, tranchieren, meißeln

idioms:

• carve out    heraushauen, sich schaffen
• carve up    aufschneiden, aufteilen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λαξεύω, σμιλεύω, κομματιάζω, κόβω σε φέτες (κρέας κ.λπ.)

idioms:

• carve out    δημιουργώ με πολύ κόπο
• carve up    τεμαχίζω, κομματιάζω, κάνω σφήνα (σε αυτοκίνητο)

Italiano (Italian)
intaccare, scolpire

idioms:

• carve out    intagliare, tagliare
• carve up    dividere, dividersi, spartire, sfregiare, accoltellare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - entalhar, lavrar, esculpir

idioms:

• carve out    tornar-se respeitado
• carve up    compartilhar de uma divisão

Русский (Russian)
резать, вырезать

idioms:

• carve out    вырезать
• carve up    разрезать, разделять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - mellar, esculpir, tallar
v. intr. - hacer muescas en, hacer una escultura

idioms:

• carve out    tallar, labrar, forjar
• carve up    dividir, repartir, acuchillar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skära, rista, skära upp (kött)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刻, 雕刻, 切, 切开, 开创, 做雕刻工作, 切开肉

idioms:

• carve out    雕刻, 创业, 开拓
• carve up    瓜分, 划分

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 刻, 雕刻, 切, 切開, 開創
v. intr. - 做雕刻工作, 切開肉

idioms:

• carve out    雕刻, 創業, 開拓
• carve up    瓜分, 劃分

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 새기다, 타개하다, 저미다
v. intr. - 고기를 베어 나누다, 새겨지다

idioms:

• carve out    잘라내다, 개척하다
• carve up    저미다, 분할하다, 속이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 切り分ける, 刻む, 彫刻する, 肉を切り分ける, 彫刻業に従事する, 薄く切る

idioms:

• carve a niche    小さな場所を確保する
• carve out    切り取る
• carve up    分割する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قطع, نقش, حفر, نحت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פיסל, פרס, חתך, גילף‬
v. intr. - ‮חתך בשר, גילף דמויות‬

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