carves
USKAHRVZ/kɑɹvz/UKKAHVZ/kɑːvz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of carve.
Every winter the sculptor carves elaborate figures from blocks of ice.
The river slowly carves a deep gorge through the limestone hills.
Note
The -s form attaches straight to the silent e of carve, so nothing is doubled or dropped. It carries every sense of the verb: the host who carves the roast, the snowboarder who carves a turn without pivoting, and anyone who figuratively carves out a place for themselves. The older, plain meaning 'to cut' is now archaic. With any subject other than he, she or it, the bare form carve returns.
carves is a form of carve
carve, verb: To cut cooked meat into slices or portions for serving. Full entry
- Spelling
- carve → carves: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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