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carving up

carving up is the present participle and gerund 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 carving up

What is carving up the present participle and gerund of?
Carving up is the present participle and gerund of carve up.

Words near carving up in the dictionary

  1. carving fork
  2. carving forks
  3. carving knife
  4. carving knives
  5. carving out
  6. carving up
  7. carvings
  8. Carvins
  9. carvol
  10. carvols
  11. carvomenthene

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