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cut and carved

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

Meaning of cut and carve

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

Questions about cut and carved

What is cut and carved the simple past and past participle of?
Cut and carved is the simple past and past participle of cut and carve.

Words near cut and carved in the dictionary

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

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