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Carve

To cut.

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Manner of action 11

Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Engrave 76% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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Etch 76% connected

A variant of Eddish.

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Fillet 76% connected

A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Grave 76% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

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Hew 76% connected

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

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Inscribe 76% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Sculpture 76% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shave 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shave.

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Broader term 7

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Derivationally related 8

Carving 74% connected

of Carve

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Carving 74% connected

of Carve

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Cutter 74% connected

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

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Cutter 74% connected

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

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Sculptor 74% connected

One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

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Sculptor 74% connected

One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

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Sculpture 74% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sculpture 74% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

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See also 2

Divide 66% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Divide 66% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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