Khắc, tạc, chạm, đục

to carve a statue out of wood

tạc gỗ thành tượng

(nghĩa bóng) tạo, tạo thành

to carve out a career for oneself

tạo cho mình một nghề nghiệp

Cắt, lạng (thịt ra từng miếng)

Cắt (vải...) thành (hình cái gì); trang trí (vải...) bằng hình cắt khoét

to carve out

đục ra, khoét ra; xẻo ra, cắt ra (một phần đất đai...)

to carve up

chia cắt, cắt nhỏ ra (đất đai...)

to carve one's way to

cố lách tới, cổ mở một con đường tới

tạc

chạm

khắc

đục

trổ

Hew, cut, sculpt, sculpture, shape, chisel, model,fashion, engrave, incise, grave, whittle, chip: The bust iscarved out of solid marble.

Often, carve up or out. divide(up), cut (up), subdivide, apportion, parcel out, allot,partition: The gang-leaders carved up the territory, and thekillings stopped for a while.

Tr. produce or shape (a statue, representation in relief,etc.) by cutting into a hard material (carved a figure out ofrock; carved it in wood).

Tr. a cut patterns, designs,letters, etc. in (hard material). b (foll. by into) form apattern, design, etc., from (carved it into a bust). c (foll.by with) cover or decorate (material) with figures or designscut in it.

Tr. (absol.) cut (meat etc.) into slices foreating.

Establish (acareer etc.) purposefully (carved out a name for themselves).carve up divide into several pieces; subdivide (territory etc.).carve-up n. sl. a sharing-out, esp. of spoils. carving knifea knife with a long blade, for carving meat. [OE ceorfan cut f.WG]