Carve

Carve

Shaping, by cutting a design to form; the trade of a sculptor.

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To cut or slice cooked meat, poultry, fish, or game into serving-size pieces.

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The process (rather "unforgiving") of taking away material from a given volume. Used on wood, stone, marble, plaster, ice or other "hard" materials. In sculpture, it is the act of ...

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