Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: carved
IPA transcription: [k'ɑɹvd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: carved, carven
    Meaning: made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"
Usage examples
  • That is change enough from a carved wooden figure.
  • How different from the words carved over heathen tombs!
  • It was of wood and carved to resemble an elephant's head.
  • The carved totem-pole monuments are the most striking of the objects displayed here.
  • The mantelpiece was of the same heavy description, carved with Jacobean pilasters and scroll-work.
  • Eteoneus carved the meat and gave them each their portions, while Megapenthes poured out the wine.
  • We built the mysteriousness of the Universe into the Pyramids, carved it into every line of the Sphinx.
  • Seeing how a certain bird carved holes in the trunks of trees, he learned how to make and use the chisel.
  • His chair, supported by a carved gun-carriage, was modeled upon the ponderous proportions of a 32-inch mortar.
  • Their coaches, which you can hear grinding the wheels two leagues off, are illuminated, carved, and hung with ribbons.