Sun Yat-sen

We are the poorest and weakest state in the world, occupying the lowest position in international affairs; the rest of mankind is the carving knife and the serving dish, while we are the fish and the meat.

Chinese Leader

Liz Murray

I realized that I had the ability to carve out a life for myself, that it was in no way limited by what had already occurred in my past. And that inspired me to go to school.

American Businesswoman

Shigeru Miyamoto

I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.

Japanese Designer

Rachel Hollis

Running a marathon was important to me, so I found time to train for it. Writing books is also important to me, so you know what? I carve out the time.

American Author

John Sandford

As a journalist, I interviewed people, and you begin to feel different rhythms in speech, and you can use those things to help carve out a character.

American Novelist

Julie Plec

I work very hard so that I can be present all the time for what I do and then carve out little pockets of time as I desire for my personal life.

American Producer

Rich Brian

It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.

Indonesian Musician

John Krasinski

Directing was a great experience, but it's terrifying to have the responsibility of carving up the other actors' performances.

American Actor

Georgette Mosbacher

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

Patti Smith

You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.

American Musician

Carve often describes artistic works, implying skill and craftsmanship in creating shapes or patterns.

Artistic Creation

When carving, the type of material can affect the difficulty and technique used.

Material Specific

Carve can be used to describe the act of slicing foods, often done in a ceremonial way.

Food Preparation

Carving is often associated with traditions, like carving pumpkins for Halloween.

Cultural Events

Carve signifies creating or forming something significant through effort, like a career or reputation.

Achievement Metaphor

Carve a niche means to find or create a unique area of expertise or market.

Distinct Accomplishment

In sports, carve conveys a sense of skilled, controlled movement, especially in snow sports.

Precise Movement

Understanding the techniques of carving in sports can help grasp the term's physical context.

Sports Technique

 to carve a little hole in your skin, allowing it to probe around with its proboscis, searching for a blood vessel. When it hits one, the lucky parasite can suck two to three times its weight in blood. Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles

The loathsome, lethal...

 I took out the rock that had nearly brained me before and gave it a hard ponder. The size of the rising bump on my conk said to me that this thing had area, and a lot of it. But what if I carved out a triangle from this side here? As any mook could see, this triangle had a quarter of the area of the full triangle.

The case of the missing...

 These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins, and water began to flow in an ongoing exchange

What’s so great about...

 sat industriously carving cogs and gears out of wood. He pieced the parts together to create the complex inner working of a striking clock that would, hopefully, chime every hour. All he had to help him was a pocket watch for inspiration and his own calculations.

The exceptional life of...

 and form rain or snow. As that falls, it wears down the landscape, dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving downhill carries the weathered material and erodes the landscape, carving out deep valleys and jagged peaks.

Why is Mount Everest so...

 for more than a hundred years. Whether these two great civilizations, these two great countries, can in fact carve out a common future for themselves and for the world? In short, can we carve out a future which is peaceful and mutually prosperous,

Are China and the US...

 I learnt about the craft, but much more importantly I learnt about the cultural meaning of the carvings. So there’s a world that we learned in coming here called manakitanga. To me what that means it is that its an honor to be honoring you.

New Zealand's Stunning...

 temperatures are being observed in the antarctic peninsula in the last few years and what we're seeing is that the glaciers are carving at a faster rate than has ever been seen before

The Antarctic's...

 manufacturing life builds to shape we tend to cut things down so in a manufacturing parts catalog the biggest part is for cutting and grinding tools because we carve things down

Creating a Bio-Industrial...

 this is actually the perfect visual representation of climate change it is one of the fastest carving glaciers in the world

Carve

To cut something into a shape or pattern, often from wood or stone.

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To cut thin slices from a larger piece, especially food like meat.

Often appears as...

To create or establish something through hard work.

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In skiing or snowboarding, to turn by shifting the weight.

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