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# carven

adjective (old use; past form of carve, no comparative)

«carven» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Carven means carved, cut into a shape out of wood or stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carven/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, a face, leg or statue that was cut into shape by a carver

### Examples

- The carven leg was made of oak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carven/#x1)
- The old statue was carven from white stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carven/#x2)
- Her face looked as if it had been carven in wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carven/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carven.html) on Mova free.