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cuts and carves

cuts and carves is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cuts and carves

What is cuts and carves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts and carves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut and carve.

Words near cuts and carves in the dictionary

  1. cuts a wide swathe
  2. cuts about
  3. cuts above
  4. cuts across
  5. cuts along
  6. cuts and carves
  7. cuts away
  8. cuts away one's soul
  9. cuts back
  10. cuts bait
  11. cuts below

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