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carve verb. .

verb trans. & intrans. Cut. Long obsolete in gen. sense. OE.
verb trans. Produce or shape by cutting, chiselling, or sculpturing, (a statue, portrait, representation in relief or intaglio, an inscription, a design, out of, in, or on a material). OE.
Tennyson An angel..carved in stone. R. Kipling I carved on the stone: 'After me cometh a Builder.'
b. verb trans. Fashion (a material, into something) by cutting, chiselling, or sculpturing; cover or adorn with (or with) figures cut out, cut designs, etc. ME.
J. Marquand Sandal-wood, carved into a design of herons and lotus flowers. R. Lehmann A crook-handled Alpenstock carved with edelweiss. K. Clark He carved marble faster than any mason.
c. verb intrans. Cut figures, designs, etc.; practise sculpture, engraving, etc. M16.
verb intrans. & trans. Cut up (meat etc.) into portions for serving; cut into (meat etc.) to produce servings. ME.
J. Wyndham Over at a side-table three girls were..carving chickens. J. Grigson As you carve into the chicken, sprinkle it lightly with salt.
b. verb intrans. Of a woman: be hospitable, be affable. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
c. verb trans. Slash or cut with a knife or razor. Also foll. by up. slang. E20.
verb trans. Divide or part by cutting, cleave. LME-E17.
verb trans. & intrans. Cut (a way, passage, etc.). LME.
W. Owen Swimmers carving thro' the sparkling cold.
verb trans. & intrans. Apportion; reserve, take, (for); minister to. L16-M18.
carve for oneself take at one's pleasure; indulge oneself.
verb trans. Divide into several pieces or portions; subdivide. E18.
With adverbs in specialized senses: carve out (a) take from a larger whole (Law esp. a smaller estate from a larger one); (b) cut out (a way, passage, etc.); create or bring about by much effort (a career, name, etc., for oneself or oneself and others). carve up (a) cut up into several pieces (see also sense 3c above); divide into several portions; (b) slang cheat, swindle.
Comb.: carve-up slang (the result of) a sharing-out, esp. of dishonest gains.