- present participle of carve.
carving
Americannoun
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carvings
plural
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the act of fashioning or producing by cutting into or shaping solid material, as wood.
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a carved design or figure.
noun
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Origin of carving
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And he took issue with the court carving out an exception allowing it to interfere with the removal of public officers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The first came on a wicked pass from teammate Michael Olise, a running Mbappé slipping past the defense and carving a shot past goalie Édouard Mendy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Three interconnected catwalks stretch into the audience, carving the space into small compartments.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
It’s got two young lovers carving their names into car seat leather, and it’s got a girl trying to impress her boyfriend’s older sister with her cynical humor and her taste in yacht rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
So they had to live differently, carving out communities in the spaces they felt they could defend.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
For crucial scenes portraying the palace hallway in Egypt, where Moses talks to the Pharaoh, they built cardboard boxes as the columns in the palace, and “reskinned” them with intricate carvings using AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
There are five infinity fountains, also clad in carvings, punctuating the space while fragrant native plants perfume the warm, dry L.A. air, identified by information cards written in Halsey’s recognizable script.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
The grand palace in the luxury Palmeraie neighbourhood of Marrakech has been described as an architectural masterpiece, built by 1,300 craftsmen and featuring ornate carvings and mosaics.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
In 1886 an American naval ship brought statues, wooden carvings, feather headdresses and stone tools to the Smithsonian Institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Robin examined for the hundredth time the carvings on the hammer beams supporting the roof of the hall.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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