Carving

Definition: Carving

Carving

Noun

1. A sculpture created by carving (as wood or ivory or stone).

2. Cutting away parts to create a desired shape.

3. Making figures or designs in three dimensions.

Date "carving" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	To dream of carving a fowl, indicates you will be poorly off in a worldly way. Companions will cause you vexation from continued ill temper. Carving meat, denotes bad investments, but, if a change is made, prospects will be brighter. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Carving

Synonyms: cutting (n), sculpture (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Sculpture	Noun: sculpture, insculpture; carving; Verb: statuary.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	We've got some carving knives in the abbatoir, a few more in the mess hall (Alien³; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) I ain't been so proud of you since Uncle Willie cut his finger carving the Thanksgiving turkey and you stopped the bleeding by tying it up with the string they used to tie up the turkey's you-know-what with (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) I was up all night carving Jello (Ed; writing credit: Steven Joel Kerzner) Like his father carving wood, he'd have made good (Jesus Christ Superstar; writing credit: Tim Rice)
Lyrics	Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright (DANCING IN THE DARK; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) But you won't catch me carving up my love (I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That; performing artist: Elton John)
Movie/TV Titles	Culinary Carving (1939) Carving Out Our Name (2001)
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Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Articles and Manufactures of Carving and Moulding Materials in N. America & Caribbean (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Articles and Manufactures of Carving and Moulding Materials Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Articles and Manufactures of Carving and Moulding Materials (reference) The World Market for Articles and Manufactures of Carving and Moulding Materials: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Carving Duck Decoys: With Full-Size Patterns for Hollow Construction (reference) Carving Eyes: Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating Realistic Features and Expressions (reference) Carving Found Wood: Tips, Techniques, & Inspiration from the Artists (reference) Carving the Human Face: Capturing Character and Expression in Wood (reference) Complete Guide to Wood Carving (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Wood Carving Illustrated (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Anyone Can Be An Expert Skier 2 - Powder, Bumps and Carving (reference) Chain Saw Carving The Bear (reference) The Decoy: An Introduction to the Art of Decoy Carving (reference) Woodcarving - Carving Bob's Gargoyle (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Consumer Goods	X-Acto X5179 Carving Tool Set (reference) Henckels Five Star 2-Piece Carving Set with Presentation Box (reference) Wüsthof Grand Prix 8-Inch Hollow Edge Carving Knife (reference) Freud 19-104 1/2" Diameter Dish Carving Router Bit with 1/4" Shank (reference) Jesada 333-030 3/16" Carving Gouge (#5) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Carving initials and messages in these type of leaves is popular among locals. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Prehistoric rock carving of what appears to be a sea-bird at Isla Gorgona. Credit: Small World.
	Bisti De Na Zin Wilderness, HooDoos caused by wind and rain carving out other worldy shapes of rocks in Northwestern New Mexico, Four Corners Area. Credit: Unknown.		King Island Eskimos Carving Ivory Near Nome. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.
	An Old Man Carving A Hoe Handle : Exercises Help To Add Life To Years. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Church of the Annuciation (1692), east view, detail of limestone decorative carving, Kargopol', Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.
	Wooden house, Prechistenka Embankment #32 (late 19th century), decorative carving, Vologda, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.		During the many days that I kept that intaglio on exhibition, there was hardly a minute during office hours when someone had not stopped to peer down through the magnifying glass at the carving. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Hand with Prussian eagle on glove carving the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas "for Mexico" out of map of U.S. Credit: Library of Congress.		This abstract wood carving near the beach at St. Ives, Cornwall, England, is a creation of famous British sculptress Barbara Hepworth (...) transported (...) for the filming of National Educational Television's "The Creative Person". Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Charles Buxton	The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		However, their complicated production (block testing, cutting, carving and setting) limits expansion of their use in residential market. (references)
Economic History	Switzerland	Sales of carving skis and snowboards are still booming. (references)
	Nigeria	Seven new states were created in 1976, bringing the total to 19. The process of carving out additional states continued until, in 1996, there were 36. (references)
	Romania	The traditional folk arts, including dance, wood carving, ceramics, weaving and embroidery of costumes and household decorations, and fascinating folk music, still flourish in many parts of the country. (references)
Human Rights	Sierra Leone	By year's end, it appeared that the RUF had discontinued the practice of carving the initials "RUF" into the skin of civilians it abducted; however, in late July in the town of Kaima, UNAMSIL photographed a man on whose body the initials RUF had been carved in large letters. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	You know, when the framers finished crafting our Constitution in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin stood in Independence Hall and he reflected on the carving of the sun that was on the back of a chair he saw.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Carving" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 63.99% of the time. "Carving" is used about 336 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	63.99%	215	20,643
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	36.01%	121	29,211
Total	100.00%	336	N/A

Expressions using "carving": carving chisel ♦ carving fork ♦ carving knife ♦ rock carving ♦ wood carving. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "carving": carving-knife, carving-knives.
	Ending with "carving": figure-carving, marble-carving, stone-carving, wood-carving.
	Containing "carving": the-carving-of-mahogany-to-fit-the-cami-knickers.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "carving"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		skalitje (incision), punim me gdhendje, gdhendje (engraving, in-cut, inscription, intaglio, sculpt, shaping). (various references)

Arabic		‏نقش (carve, chasing, chisel, chiselling, engrave, engraving, headpiece, incise, incision, inscribe, inscription, lettering, picture), ‏نحت (boast, chisel, erode, gouge, incise, pattern, scratch, sculpt, sculpture), ‏شىء منقوش, ‏شىء منحوت. (various references)

Bulgarian		рязане на месо, резбарство, резба. (various references)

Chinese		雕刻 (Carve, Carved, sculptured, Sculpturing), 版刻 (engraving). (various references)

Czech		dřevoryt (woodcut), řezbářská práce, řezba. (various references)

Danish		udskaeringsmateriale (carving material), frugsten eller frugtkerner der anvendes til udskaering (fruit stone or pip used for carving), forskaerersaet (carving set), forskaererkniv (carving knife), forskaererbestik (carving set), forskaeregaffel (carving fork). (various references)

Dutch		voorsnijvork (carving fork), voorsnijmes en voorsnijvork (carving set), voorsnijmes (carving knife), pit of kern voor snijwerk (fruit stone or pip used for carving). (various references)

Finnish		leikkaus (cut, cutting, editing, incision, operation, section). (various references)

French		ciselure, sculpture, découpage. (various references)

German		Schnitzerei. (various references)

Greek		σκάλισμα (hoeing, intaglio, poke, poking), γλυφή (chase), ανάγλυφη παράσταση. (various references)

Hebrew		פסול (defective, disqualified, fault, hewing, ineligible, invalid, rejected, sculpture, sculpturing, unfit), חקוק (enactment, graven, ingrained), חטוב (carved, cut, sculpture, shapely), חריטה (engraving, etching, turnery, turning), גלוף (engraving, etching). (various references)

Hungarian		vésés (cut, engraving, resection), faragás. (various references)

Indonesian		penatahan (inlaying something). (various references)

Italian		lavoro d'intaglio, intaglio (intaglio, Nick, notch). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		彫刻 (engraving, sculpture). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		デコパージュ (cutting up), デクパージュ (cutting up), ほりもの (engraving, sculpture, tattooing), こく (ancient expression, cutting, engraving, harsh, old poem, rigorous, severe, strict, stringent, time, unfair, victory, volume measure), ちょうこくぶつ (engraving, statue), ちょうこく (conquering, engraving, founding of a state, getting over, overcoming, sculpture, surmounting). (various references)

Korean		새김. (various references)

Manx		jalloo (altarpiece, bust, drawing, effigy, figure, guy, icon, idol, image, joss, painting, picture, sculpture, statue), grainnaghey (carve, chase, engrave, grave, graving, incise, inlay, inscribe, sculpture, tool), giarrey foalley. (various references)

Pig Latin		arvingcay.(various references)

Portuguese		gravura (cut, engraving, illustration, image, picture), escultura (marble, sculp), arte de gravar. (various references)

Romanian		cioplire, tãiere (clipping, cutting, excision, scission), sculptare. (various references)

Russian		резьба (screw thread, screw-thread, screwthreads, thread), резка (cutting), резная работа (chasing, fretwork), резать резьба. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rezbarija (scrimshaw). (various references)

Spanish		tallado (carved, graven), escultura (sculpture), arte de trinchar, arte de escultor. (various references)

Swedish		utskuret arbete, träsnideri (engraving, wood engraving, woodcarving, woodwork), träskulptur, snideri. (various references)

Turkish		oymacılık (art of sculptor, engraving), oyma eser, oyma (engraving, glyph, graven, intaglio, sculpture), hakketme. (various references)

Ukrainian		різьбярський виріб, різьблення, розчинення (dilution, dissolution, solution), випилювання, нарізання, дереворит. (various references)

Vietnamese		nghệ thuật tạc, nghệ thuật khắc, nghệ thuật chạm sự lạng thịt. (various references)

Welsh		cerfwaith (sculpture). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Exodus Chapter 31, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ta liqourgika kai eiV ta erga ta tektonika twn xulwn ergazesqai kata panta ta erga
Latin	405	Vulgate	Marmore et gemmis et diversitate lignorum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And of siluer, and of brasse, marble, and gemmes, and dyuerste of trees.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And with the crafte to graue stones, to set ad to carue in tibre ad to worke in all maner workmashipe.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And in cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Exodus Chapter 31, Verse 5
Cebuano	Ug sa pagtiltil sa mga bato nga pagatumpion, ug sa pagkulit sa kahoy, sa pagbuhat sa tanan nga nagakalainlain nga mga bulohaton.
Croatian	za rezanje dragulja, za umetanje; za rezbarije u drvu i poslove svakakve.
Danish	og med Udskæring af Sten til Indfatning og med Træskærerarbejde, kort sagt til at udføre alskens Arbejde.
Dutch	En in kunstige steensnijding, om in te zetten, en in kunstige houtsnijding, om te werken in alle handwerk.
Finnish	hiomaan ja kiinnittämään kiviä ja veistämään puuta, tekemään kaikkinaisia töitä.
French	de graver les pierres à enchâsser, de travailler le bois, et d`exécuter toutes sortes d`ouvrages.
German	kunstreich Steine zu schneiden und einzusetzen, und kunstreich zu zimmern am Holz, zu machen allerlei Werk.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	untuk mengasah batu permata yang akan ditatah; untuk mengukir kayu dan untuk segala macam karya seni lainnya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan ukiran permata akan ditatahkan dan ukiran kayu, dan akan mengadakan segala perbuatan yang sebagainya.
Italian	per intagliare le pietre da incastonare, per scolpire il legno e compiere ogni sorta di lavoro.
Maori	Mo te whakairo kohatu hoki, mo te whakanoho hoki, mo te whakairo rakau, mo te mahi ano hoki i nga mahi katoa.
Norwegian	og til å slipe stener til innfatning og skjære ut i tre, til å utføre alle slags arbeid.
Portuguese	e em lavramento de pedras para engastar, e em entalhadura de madeira, enfim para trabalhar em todo ofício.
Rumanian	sq sape kn pietre wi sq le lege, sq lucreze kn lemn, wi sq facq tot felul de lucrqri.
Russian	ТЕЪБФШ ЛБНОЙ ДМС ЧУФБЧМЙЧБОЙС Й ТЕЪБФШ ДЕТЕЧП ДМС ЧУСЛПЗП ДЕМБ;
Spanish	en el tallado de piedras para engastar, en el tallado de madera y para realizar toda clase de labor.
Swedish	till att snida stenar för infattning och till att snida i trä, korteligen, till att utföra alla slags arbeten.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "carving": carvings. (additional references)
	Words ending with "carving": woodcarving. (additional references)
	Words containing "carving": woodcarvings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Carving" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: careing, Carfin, carning, carvan, cavinu, covring, korving. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "carving" (pronounced kÄ"rving)
5	-Ä" r v i ng	starving.
3	-v i ng	approving, absolving, achieving, arriving, behaving, believing, braving, calving, caregiving, caving, conceiving, conniving, conserving, craving, curving, deceiving, delving, depriving, deriving, deserving, disapproving, disbelieving, dissolving, diving, driving, earthmoving, engraving, evolving, forgiving, giving, grieving, halving, having, heaving, improving, interleaving, interweaving, involving, jiving, leaving, lifesaving, living, loving, misbehaving, misgiving, moving, observing, paving, perceiving, preserving, proving, raving, receiving, relieving, reliving, removing, reserving, resolving, retrieving, reviving, revolving, revving, saving, serving, shaving, shelving, shoving, sieving, skydiving, solving, staving, striving, surviving, thanksgiving, thieving, thriving, unbelieving, undeserving, unforgiving, unnerving, unswerving, waiving, waving, weaving.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: craving.
	Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-n-r-v"
	-1 letter: arcing, caring, caving, racing, raving.
	-2 letters: acing, cairn, cigar, garni, grain, invar, naric, ravin, vicar, vinca, virga.
	-3 letters: agin, airn, cain, carn, crag, gain, girn, gnar, gran, grin, narc, ragi, rain, rang, rani, ring, vagi, vain, vair, vang, viga, vina.
	-4 letters: ain, air, ani, arc, can, car, cig, gan, gar, gin, nag, rag, ran.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-n-r-v"
	+1 letter: carvings, cravings.
	+2 letters: archiving, caverning, cavorting, clavering, cravening, grievance.
	+3 letters: caravaning, caregiving, chivariing, crevassing, grievances, overacting, vagrancies.
	+4 letters: caravanning, caregivings, cavaliering, chivareeing, incurvating, microwaving, overarching, overcalling, overcasting, oversaucing, woodcarving.
	+5 letters: apperceiving, contravening, curveballing, divaricating, eviscerating, overcastings, overcharging, overclaiming, overcleaning, overclearing, overcoaching, overcramming, overmatching, overreaching, overreacting, reactivating, revictualing, vociferating, woodcarvings.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
wood carving	1,336	bird carving	38
stone carving	520	relief carving	37
carving	340	carving pattern	36
african carving	215	carving tool	34
wood carving tool	212	bone carving	32
watermelon carving	185	pumpkin carving design	31
chain saw carving	173	bear carving	30
rock carving	170	wildlife carving	27
wood carving pattern	130	soapstone carving	27
fruit carving	101	chain saw wood carving	25
pumpkin carving	94	fish carving	24
wood carving supply	72	duck carving	24
ice carving	67	antler carving	24
wood carving knife	54	ivory carving	24
pumpkin carving pattern	51	tiki carving	22
decoy carving	49	carving soap	21
free wood carving pattern	47	carving pattern watermelon	20
carving knife	44	fruit and vegetable carving	19
chip carving	42	stone carving tool	19
vegetable carving	40	tree carving	18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Carving art" by Vi Xs Commentary: "This carving stands outside the Captain Cook museum in Stewarts Park in Cleveland. ."	"Ornamental carving" by Simon Cataudo Commentary: "Carving above a door, Grey Street, Newcastle. Taken 3rd August 2003."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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