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forcarve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-carve
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut through, cut completely; to carve up; to cut off.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forkerven, from Old English forceorfan (“to cut through, cut off, cut away, cut down”), equivalent to for- + carve.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forcarves (present, singular) forcarving (participle, present) forcorve (past) forcarved (past) forcorven (participle, past) forcarved (participle, past)

Rhymes With

starve carve marv larve varve becarve

Questions

What does forcarve mean?
To cut through, cut completely; to carve up; to cut off.
Where does forcarve come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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