carving

[ kahr-ving ]

noun

1. the act of fashioning or producing by cutting into or shaping solid material, as wood.
2. a carved design or figure.

carving

/ ˈkɑːvɪŋ /

noun

1. a figure or design produced by carving stone, wood, etc glyptic

Word History and Origins

Origin of carving¹

See carve, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Lineker built on that experience, writing all his own scripts and carving out a role for himself.

From BBC

Pundits are carving up poll data like a Thanksgiving ham — and the cut that’s proving the hardest for Democrats to swallow is Latino men.

From Los Angeles Times

Hinchcliffe also made jokes about “carving a watermelon” with a Black buddy, and said Latinos “love making babies”: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country.”

From Salon

It added that "carving all children with Send out of this policy would carry a significant cost, and therefore undermine the government’s ability to improve education for the 94% of school children in the UK that attend state schools".

From BBC

Seventy-two percent of survey respondents said they plan to celebrate Halloween this year by partaking in modern holiday traditions, including handing out candy, decorating their home, dressing in costume and carving pumpkins.

From Los Angeles Times

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