"kerven" meaning in Middle English

See kerven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɛrvən/
Rhymes: -ɛrvən Etymology: From Old English ċeorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną. The total depalatalization of most forms seems to have arisen from analogy to past plural curven and past participle corven. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ċeorfan}} Old English ċeorfan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kerban}} Proto-West Germanic *kerban, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kerbaną}} Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} kerven Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|kerv|carf|curv|corv|3a=corv|c=3}} Forms: strong [table-tags], kerven [infinitive], to kerven [infinitive], kerve [infinitive], kerve [first-person, present, singular], carf [first-person, past, singular], kervest [present, second-person, singular], curve [past, second-person, singular], corve [past, second-person, singular], carf [past, second-person, singular], kerveth [present, singular, third-person], carf [past, singular, third-person], kerve [present, singular, subjunctive], curve [past, singular, subjunctive], corve [past, singular, subjunctive], kerve [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], kerven [plural, present], kerve [plural, present], curven [past, plural], curve [past, plural], corven [past, plural], corve [past, plural], kerveth [imperative, plural, present], kerve [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], kervynge [participle, present], kervende [participle, present], corven [participle, past], corve [participle, past], ycorven [participle, past], ycorve [participle, past]
  1. To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
    To cut into; to slice (especially meat).
    Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-Y48J2FVi Disambiguation of Surgery: 13 13 28 13 24 3 1 5 1
  2. To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
    To make surgical incisions or perform surgical operations.
    Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-RfE~nFK5 Disambiguation of Surgery: 13 13 28 13 24 3 1 5 1
  3. To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
    To mince or slice up (slice into bits)
    Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-bk9KPhYn Disambiguation of Surgery: 13 13 28 13 24 3 1 5 1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 5 9 2 2 2 6 20 4 12 4 3 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 25 3 5 3 2 3 10 22 3 13 3 3 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 30 2 3 2 1 2 7 26 2 15 2 2 2 1
  4. To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
    To separate by cutting; to cut apart.
    Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-5RReE8RX Disambiguation of Surgery: 13 13 28 13 24 3 1 5 1
  5. To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
    To remove or expel by cutting off or out.
    Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-nbcck~OF Disambiguation of Surgery: 13 13 28 13 24 3 1 5 1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 5 9 2 2 2 6 20 4 12 4 3 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 25 3 5 3 2 3 10 22 3 13 3 3 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 30 2 3 2 1 2 7 26 2 15 2 2 2 1
  6. To carve; to carve into or in the likeness of.
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-88hsPgjH
  7. To divide or separate; to split up.
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-HRbm~NAr
  8. To eliminate or destroy; to take away.
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-a7k2z-6x
  9. To go across; to exist across.
    Sense id: en-kerven-enm-verb-9rkLCiUD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carve, carven, cerven, karven, kerve, kirven, kyrvyn, ceorfan, ceorfæn, keorven [Early-Middle-English] Related terms: forkerven, kerf

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "English: carve"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Scots: cairve, kerve, kerf, carf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "kerven",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to kerven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "carf",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerveth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "carf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kerveth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kervynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kervende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycorven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycorve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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        "2": "carf",
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        "3a": "corv",
        "4": "corv",
        "c": "3"
      },
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forkerven"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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            "Healthcare",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
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            "Body",
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        }
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        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To cut into; to slice (especially meat)."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "cutting",
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        ],
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          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
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          "into",
          "into"
        ],
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          "slice"
        ],
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          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
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        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To make surgical incisions or perform surgical operations."
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          "slash",
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          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "incisions",
          "incisions"
        ],
        [
          "surgical",
          "surgical"
        ],
        [
          "operations",
          "operations"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To mince or slice up (slice into bits)"
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        [
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          "cutting"
        ],
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        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To separate by cutting; to cut apart."
      ],
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          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
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          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
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        ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To remove or expel by cutting off or out."
      ],
      "id": "en-kerven-enm-verb-nbcck~OF",
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        [
          "cut",
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        [
          "stab",
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        [
          "slash",
          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To carve; to carve into or in the likeness of."
      ],
      "id": "en-kerven-enm-verb-88hsPgjH",
      "links": [
        [
          "carve",
          "carve"
        ],
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ],
        [
          "likeness",
          "likeness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To divide or separate; to split up."
      ],
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        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
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          "separate"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To eliminate or destroy; to take away."
      ],
      "id": "en-kerven-enm-verb-a7k2z-6x",
      "links": [
        [
          "eliminate",
          "eliminate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To go across; to exist across."
      ],
      "id": "en-kerven-enm-verb-9rkLCiUD",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "across",
          "across"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛrvən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrvən"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cerven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "karven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kerve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kirven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kyrvyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceorfan"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceorfæn"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "keorven"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kerven"
}
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "form": "kerven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to kerven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kervest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerveth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "curve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerveth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kerve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kervynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kervende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "corve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycorven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycorve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kerven",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kerv",
        "2": "carf",
        "3": "curv",
        "3a": "corv",
        "4": "corv",
        "c": "3"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "forkerven"
    },
    {
      "word": "kerf"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To cut into; to slice (especially meat)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ],
        [
          "slice",
          "slice"
        ],
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To make surgical incisions or perform surgical operations."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "incisions",
          "incisions"
        ],
        [
          "surgical",
          "surgical"
        ],
        [
          "operations",
          "operations"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To mince or slice up (slice into bits)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "mince",
          "mince"
        ],
        [
          "slice",
          "slice#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To separate by cutting; to cut apart."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ],
        [
          "apart",
          "apart"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:",
        "To remove or expel by cutting off or out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "stabbing",
          "stabbing"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off"
        ],
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To carve; to carve into or in the likeness of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carve",
          "carve"
        ],
        [
          "into",
          "into"
        ],
        [
          "likeness",
          "likeness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To divide or separate; to split up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "divide",
          "divide"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To eliminate or destroy; to take away."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eliminate",
          "eliminate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To go across; to exist across."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "across",
          "across"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛrvən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrvən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "carve"
    },
    {
      "word": "carven"
    },
    {
      "word": "cerven"
    },
    {
      "word": "karven"
    },
    {
      "word": "kerve"
    },
    {
      "word": "kirven"
    },
    {
      "word": "kyrvyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceorfan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceorfæn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "keorven"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kerven"
}

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