Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.
Her new paradigm leads her to carve up shibboleths and heroes alike.
I sort of got lucky in that I was able to carve a niche for myself.
In Brazil, there was a microcosmic slice of the kind of public role he is attempting to carve.
Could it just be that prison itself conditions a sort of pavlovian reaction to carve chess pieces?
As for me, I ask no help from any one: I go into the world and will carve out my own way.
A sculptor was set to work to carve a new one from the ruin.
But, mon brave,” said he, “you would find this one a tough swine to carve!
Ambitious, light-hearted, he went to Africa to carve out a name in the army.
Alden sat down at the table and began to carve a roasted chicken.
Old English ceorfan (class III strong verb; past tense cearf, past participle corfen) "to cut, cut down, slay; to carve, cut out, engrave," from West Germanic *kerfan (cf. Old Frisian kerva, Middle Dutch and Dutch kerven, German kerben "to cut, notch"), from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch," making carve the English cognate of Greek graphein "to write," originally "to scratch" on clay tablets with a stylus.
Once extensively used, most senses now usurped by cut (v.). Meaning specialized to sculpture, meat, etc., by 16c. Related: Carved; carving. Original strong conjugation has been abandoned, but archaic carven lingers.
verb
To give one a thrill; send: He carves me. Does he carve you? (1930s+ Jive talk)
