Meaning

verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

adjective cut into a desired shape

origin* As an English surname, a topographic surname for someone living near a ditch, from Middle Low German grav (“moat, ditch”), from Old Saxon graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, the source of grave. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse gróf (“depression, hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō.

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