Carve vs Metal - What's the difference?
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(archaic) To cut.
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To cut meat in order to serve it.
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
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, chapter=1 (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
(figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
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To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
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(lb) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
#Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
#(lb) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006).
#Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
#(lb) The ore from which a metal is derived.
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#(lb) A mine from which ores are taken.
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(lb) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
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(lb) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
(lb) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
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*:LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
*:BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?
The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
The rails of a railway.
The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
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(music) Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
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As nouns the difference between carve and metal
is that carve is (obsolete) a carucate while metal is heavy metal (music).As a verb carve
is (archaic) to cut.carve
English
(Carving)Verb
- My good blade carved the casques of men.
- You carve the roast and I'll serve the vegetables.
- to carve a name into a tree
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- who could easily have carved themselves their own food.
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- Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet.
Derived terms
* carver * carvery * carve out * carved in stone * carve up * carve-upAnagrams
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(wikipedia metal)Noun
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