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cut and carve

cut and carve verb: to refine; to decide how to apportion.

Verb

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

  1. To refine; to decide how to apportion.
    • Vote largely from the sinking fund for the payment of your debts, and let the ministry cut and carve the remainder as they please; […]1813, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803
    Synonyms:
    slice and dice

Synonyms of cut and carve

Forms of cut and carve

third-person singular presentcuts and carves
present participlecutting and carving
past participlecut and carved
pastcut and carved

Questions about cut and carve

What does cut and carve mean?
Cut and carve means to refine; to decide how to apportion.
What part of speech is cut and carve?
Cut and carve is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut and carve?
The past tense of cut and carve is cut and carved.

Words near cut and carve in the dictionary

  1. cut a wide swathe
  2. cut about
  3. cut above
  4. cut across
  5. cut along
  6. cut and carve
  7. cut and carved
  8. cut and choose
  9. cut and come again
  10. cut and cover
  11. cut and dried

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