Carver

[ kahr-ver ]

noun

1. George Washington, 1864?–1943, U.S. botanist and chemist.
2. John, 1575?–1621, Pilgrim leader: first governor of Plymouth Colony 1620–21.
3. Raymond, 1938–88, U.S. short-story writer and poet.

carver

¹

/ ˈkɑːvə /

noun

1. a carving knife
2. plural a large matched knife and fork for carving meat
3. a chair with arms that forms part of a set of dining chairs

Carver

²

/ ˈkɑːvə /

noun

1. CarverGeorge Washington?18641943MUSSCIENCE: chemistSCIENCE: botanist George Washington. ?1864–1943, US agricultural chemist and botanist

Carver

/ kär′vər /

1. American botanist and educator whose work was instrumental in improving the agricultural efficiency of the United States.

Biography

George Washington Carver played a central role in revitalizing Southern agriculture after the Civil War, when Southern farms produced ever smaller cotton crops. His promotion of crop rotation methods helped to restore Southern farmlands, which had been depleted by the exclusive cultivation of cotton. Carver also introduced two new crops, peanuts and sweet potatoes, that would produce well in Alabama soil. To make them economically beneficial to farmers, he developed 325 products from peanuts, including peanut butter, plastics, synthetic rubber, shaving cream, and paper. He also developed hundreds of other products from sweet potatoes and from dozens of other native plants, including soybeans and cotton. During his forty-seven years as head of the agriculture department at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he taught the importance of crop diversification and soil conservation. Carver also introduced movable schools that brought practical agricultural knowledge directly to farmers.

Example Sentences

Carver said Cox later cursed at the officers repeatedly and allegedly disobeyed a disorderly conduct warning.

From The Daily Beast

Regarding the state’s fiscal arrangement with the church, Carver said, “We’d have to ask the state Legislature for more money if we couldn’t count this partnership” toward state welfare.

From ProPublica

“Before this information spreads further, we want people with asthma to know how important it is to only use their prescribed asthma treatments in their nebulizers,” Carver said in an email.

From Washington Post

A now-deactivated TikTok account titled “h202therapy” showed a video of a child on a nebulizer with a caption suggesting hydrogen peroxide was being used, Carver said.

From Washington Post

Carver said it seems like everybody in Adair County, population 18,656, knew of someone who died at Summit Manor.

From Washington Post

Even after his death in 1943 at the age of 78, Carver continued to break barriers.

From The Daily Beast

To make tradition-bound farmers realize the larger economic benefits of such crops, Carver began to look for other uses.

From The Daily Beast

Carver was an agricultural and industrial pioneer—in more ways than one.

From The Daily Beast

The world Carver left was still a hungry one—if substantially less so.

From The Daily Beast

As his reputation grew, Carver emerged as a public barnstormer for better practices.

From The Daily Beast

Up and to read a little, and by and by the carver coming, I directed him how to make me a neat head for my viall that is making.

From Project Gutenberg

This is Carver's version, who, however, confounds it with another contiguous island.

From Project Gutenberg

Carver sprang to his feet, tore the cigar from Peter Gross's mouth, and hurled it at the fireplace with his own.

From Project Gutenberg

It was inevitable that Carver should undervalue moral suasion; a military man, he recognized only the arbitrament of brute force.

From Project Gutenberg

Both Carver and Peter Gross understood that he was designating how much longer the shadow must grow.

From Project Gutenberg

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