verb
separate into parts or portions
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divide the cake into three equal parts
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The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
• Derivationally related forms: ↑split (for: ↑split), ↑divisible (for: ↑divide), ↑division (for: ↑divide), ↑divider (for: ↑divide)
• Hypernyms: ↑change integrity
• Hyponyms:
↑subdivide, ↑format, ↑initialize, ↑initialise, ↑sectionalize, ↑sectionalise, ↑triangulate, ↑unitize, ↑unitise, ↑lot, ↑parcel, ↑sliver, ↑splinter, ↑paragraph, ↑canton, ↑Balkanize, ↑Balkanise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Something ——s something
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carve up [phrasal verb]
carve up (something) or carve (something) up usually disapproving : to divide something into small parts
The once beautiful countryside has been carved up by developers.
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Main Entry: ↑carve
Useful english dictionary. 2012.