Third person singular present tense of carve; cuts or shapes material like wood or stone into a desired form.
From Old English ceorfan, related to Old Norse kerfa and German kerben, all meaning to cut or notch. The verb has remained relatively unchanged for over a thousand years.
When archaeologists find ancient carved bones and antlers from 40,000 years ago, we know humans have been carving almost as long as we've been making tools—it might be our oldest art form.
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