carve
11Carve — Carve, n. A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill. [1913 Webster] …
12carve — index create, disjoint, divide (distribute), parcel, part (separate), partition, split …
13carve up — index apportion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14carve-up — n [singular] informal an arrangement between two or more people, governments etc by which they divide something among themselves even though this is wrong …
15carve up — (something) to divide something into parts. The new owner carved up the company and sold off several divisions. Local leaders have carved up the forest and turned the land over to a company that built homes on it …
16carve — [v] cut carefully with sharp instrument block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice,… …
17carve — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)v[/t]] carves, carving, carved 1) VERB If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out. →… …
18carve — v. 1) (C) he carved an ornament for me; or: he carved me an ornament 2) (D; tr.) to carve from, out of (to carve a figure from ivory) 3) (d; intr.) to carve in (to carve in wood) * * * [kɑːv] or: he carved me an ornament out of (to carve a figure …
19carve — verb 1 (I, T) to cut a large piece of cooked meat into smaller pieces using a big knife: Carve the lamb into slices and arrange in a hot serving dish. 2 (T) to cut shapes out of solid wood or stone: Michelangelo carved this figure from a single… …
20carve — [c]/kav / (say kahv) verb (carved, carving) –verb (t) 1. to fashion by cutting: to carve a block of stone into a statue. 2. to produce by cutting: to carve a design in wood. 3. to cut into slices or pieces, as meat. –verb (i) 4. to decorate by… …
