carve out
carve out verb: to hollow by carving.
Verb
carve out (third-person singular simple present carves out, present participle carving out, simple past and past participle carved out)
- To hollow by carving.
- To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.
- I managed to carve out a niche for myself in the world of investigative journalism.
- [Macbeth][…] with his brandished steel […] carved out his passage.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- forge
carve out meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit
carve out in Tamil
- வெட்டியுருவாக்கு
carve out in Sanskrit
- to carve out, to fashion, to form, to shape
- पिंशति piṃśáti
Synonyms of carve out
Forms of carve out
| third-person singular present | carves out |
|---|---|
| present participle | carving out |
| past participle | carved out |
| past | carved out |
Words formed from carve out
Questions about carve out
- What does carve out mean?
- Carve out means to hollow by carving.
- What is carve out in Tamil?
- Carve out in Tamil is வெட்டியுருவாக்கு. See Carve out meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is carve out?
- Carve out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of carve out?
- The past tense of carve out is carved out.
Words near carve out in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carve out (page history and authors); carve out (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पिंशति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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