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to carve

to carve

36 8.4
Get back deleted files from a disk by finding and putting together data pieces
  • verb
  • /kɑrv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recuperar archivos

Examples

  • Below me, the second creek had carved out a small beach of round stones.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • We've carved out a simple life here.

  • Advertisers in the early twentieth century tried to carve out a market share.

    Academic text (2005)
  • A few women succeeded in carving out political identities for themselves over the course of the Revolution.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The lab has carved out a niche in the increasingly crowded world of digital humanities.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Similarly, in New York v. Quarles, the Court carved out a "public safety" exception to Miranda.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The digital forensics team worked hard to carve the necessary files from the damaged hard drive.

  • Using specialized software, the technician was able to carve important data fragments from the corrupted storage device.

  • To recover the lost information, they needed to carve the files from a deep scan of the digital archive.

Antonyms

287 2.0

To remove information like text or files so it cannot be seen

Phrasal Verbs

23 4.6

Make a place for yourself in a job or field by working hard

14 5.8

To divide something into parts to share between people

To create a special area of work or market for yourself

To make a way through something, physically or by creating new opportunities

Make a wooden statue that shows cultural or spiritual beliefs to honor tradition

How Complete

to recover
748 2.5
to carve
  • Specialized
36 8.4
to extract
166 3.9
scan
138 3.8

Surface Forms

carve infinitive
carved past
carved past participle
carving present participle
carves third person singular

Etymology

Carve originally meant 'to cut' from the old English ceorfan, and computer experts borrowed the idea for recovering files by 'cutting out' data pieces. A helpful way to remember this is to picture someone cutting pieces from a broken block to find what is inside, so to carve files is to recover them by finding their pieces.