CARVING Synonyms

• the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• the act of cutting something into parts

• a piece cut off from the main part of something

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• the division of a deck of cards before dealing

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

• the act of diluting something

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• a print made from an engraving

• a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

• making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

• an impression made from an etched plate

• an etched plate made with the use of acid

• making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

• the act that results in something coming to be

• any process serving to define the shape of something

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

• To use a chisel.

• To work something with a chisel.

• To cheat, to get something by cheating.

• A piece of work produced using a chisel.

• make or shape as with an axe

• strike with an axe; cut down, strike

• make an incision into by carving or cutting

• create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

• English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)

• cut small bits or pare shavings from

• engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface