- carve
- v1. cut, chisel, sculpt, sculpture, tool, block out, rough-hew; cast, form, mold, fashion, model, figure; hammer out, forge, roughcast, knock out; gouge out, gash, slash, hack, hackle; engrave, groove, cut in, trench, incise, grave, scrape, stipple; etch, notch, whittle, Archaic. insculp.2. hew, saw, trim, prune, lop; detruncate, dismember, dislimb, disjoint, amputate, quarter; slice, cleave, chop, rive; sever, dissever, rend, halve, abscind, split, dissect.3. divide, apportion, portion, partition; parcel, distribute, deal, dole, allot, allocate, assign; subdivide, split up, part.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.