carving

«carving» in Mova's school dictionary: an object or pattern made by cutting wood, stone or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a carving, carvings; carving — the activity); verb form (carve, carves, carved, carving)

meaning for a pupil

1) A carving is an object or pattern made by cutting wood, stone or another material. tree →

2) Carving is the art or activity of cutting shapes into a material. tree →

3) Carving means cutting cooked meat into slices. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art and history lessons, pupils see stone carvings, totem poles and Maori wood carvings. In everyday life families carve pumpkins at Halloween and carve the roast at a family dinner. Phrases: wood carving, pumpkin carving, carving knife.

examples

• The museum has old stone carvings. tree →
• We went pumpkin carving at Halloween. tree →
• The totem pole has carvings of animals. tree →
• Maori wood carvings tell stories of ancestors. tree →
• Dad was carving the turkey. tree →
• Carving takes patience and a sharp tool. tree →
• Only a grown-up should use a carving knife. tree →
• Just let me finish carving this cross. tree →

note

Carve: the e drops before -ing: carving. Countable when it is an object (a carving), uncountable for the activity. Safety: carving tools and knives are sharp; children should carve with a grown-up and cut away from their body.

In the corpora

• Carving or peeling bark wounds a tree and lets in disease that can kill it.
• and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.
• and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carving» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.