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carves up

carves up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 carves up

What is carves up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carves up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carve up.

Words near carves up in the dictionary

  1. carveries
  2. carvers
  3. carvery
  4. carves
  5. carves out
  6. carves up
  7. carvestrene
  8. Carveth
  9. Carvill
  10. Carville
  11. Carvin

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