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carved up

carved up is the simple past and past participle of carve up.

Meaning of carve up

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.

Questions about carved up

What is carved up the simple past and past participle of?
Carved up is the simple past and past participle of carve up.

Words near carved up in the dictionary

  1. carveability
  2. carveable
  3. carved
  4. carved in stone
  5. carved out
  6. carved up
  7. carvedilol
  8. carvedst
  9. carvel
  10. Carvel Rock
  11. carvel-built

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