knapped

verb

Definition of knappednext
past tense of knap
as in carved

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  1. carved
  2. chiseled
  3. cut
Verb
  • All of the graves likely have stone markers at both the heads and feet, although they are not likely carved with names, Greene said.
    Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier this year, researchers at the site discovered a bead carved from the bone of a hare—the oldest bead ever found in the Americas.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of carved
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  • Are straight men just this chiseled now?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Despite a few full-ensemble numbers of varying effectiveness, Lloyd has chiseled what was once a behemoth into a chamber musical for four characters, ingeniously designed in atmospheric black and white, like the Wilder film, until murder bathes the stage in blood red.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of chiseled
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  • The Fed ultimately voted to begin cutting rates in September and again opted to lower rates at its November meeting, just days after the election.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Macy’s — Shares shed less than 1% after the department store chain cut its fiscal-year forecast .
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut
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