1.To cut. (Obs.) "Or they will carven the shepherd's throat."
2.To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. "Carved with figures strange and sweet."
3.To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. "An angel carved in stone." "We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone."
4.To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon."
5.To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting. "My good blade carved the casques of men." "A million wrinkles carved his skin."
6.To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. "Who could easily have carved themselves their own food."
7.To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. "Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet."
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