"carve" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

carve verbo

carve + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 25
carve one's name • carve a niche • carve one's way • carve out a niche • carve figures • ...
(2) niche, notch
Kolokacji: 3
1. carve a niche = znaleźć dla siebie niszę carve a niche
2. carve out a niche = stworzyć sobie niszę, wyrobić sobie niszę (na rynku) carve out a niche
3. carve notches = wyrzeźb nacięcia carve notches
  • Tallies by carving notches in wood, bone, and stone were used for at least forty thousand years.
  • All lost persons carve notches on pieces of wood, each notch indicating another day they've been lost.
  • Actually, it's a good idea to carve several notches right away, just in case you get found within the next fifteen minutes.
  • The actual job was to get information back to your government, not to carve notches on your pistol grips.
  • Patton is said to have carved notches into the pistols he carried, representing the men he killed with them.
  • "We don't carve notches in our guns, Pats," John told his daughter.
  • "Tandy's a good hand with a gun, all right, but he'd never carve notches on his gun."
  • Banks wouldn't have been surprised if he had carved notches in his truncheon.
(3) way, mask, tool
Kolokacji: 3
(4) statue, sculpture
Kolokacji: 2
(5) initial, symbol, panel
Kolokacji: 3
(6) wood, stone, valley
Kolokacji: 3
(7) piece, slice, knife
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + carve
Kolokacji: 3
begin carving • start carving • finish carving
carve + preposición
Kolokacji: 34
carve out • carve into • carve up • carved from • carve by • ...
carve + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 25
elaborately carved • intricately carved • beautifully carved • ornately carved • richly carved • ...

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