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carve up

carve up verb: to cut into pieces.

Verb

carve up (third-person singular simple present carves up, present participle carving up, simple past and past participle carved up)

  1. To cut into pieces.
  2. (usually, land) To divide or dismember, separate into parts
    • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I.

Forms of carve up

third-person singular presentcarves up
present participlecarving up
past participlecarved up
pastcarved up

Questions about carve up

What does carve up mean?
Carve up means to cut into pieces.
What part of speech is carve up?
Carve up is a verb.
What is the past tense of carve up?
The past tense of carve up is carved up.

Words near carve up in the dictionary

  1. Carvalho
  2. Carvalhos
  3. Carvallo
  4. carve
  5. carve out
  6. carve up
  7. carve-out
  8. carve-outs
  9. carve-up
  10. carve-ups
  11. carveability

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