carve
31carve up — 1) PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone carves something up, you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts. [V P n (not pron)] He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing... [V… …
32carve — [kɑːv] verb [I/T] 1) to make an object by cutting it from stone or wood, or to make a pattern by cutting into stone or wood 2) to cut a large piece of meat into pieces before you serve it • carve out sth (for yourself) carve sth up …
33carve-up — /ˈkav ʌp/ (say kahv up) noun a distribution of profits, illegal gain, an estate, etc. {derived from phrasal verb carve up. See carve (def. 7) …
34carve — verb (carved; carving) Etymology: Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; akin to Old High German kerban to notch, Greek graphein to scratch, write Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cut with care or precision …
35carve — verb Carve is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beef, ↑career, ↑exception, ↑groove, ↑ham, ↑initial, ↑inscription, ↑joint, ↑marble, ↑meat, ↑path, ↑slice …
36carve — Synonyms and related words: allot, amputate, apportion, assemble, autolithograph, ax, be a printmaker, bisect, block out, book, butcher, calendar, canal, canalize, carve up, cast, catalog, chalk, chalk up, chamfer, channel, character, chase,… …
37carve — 01. My grandfather used to enjoy [carving] ducks out of wood. 02. My dad always had the job of [carving] the turkey at Christmas. 03. When I was working in the far north, I saw many beautiful [carvings] made from soapstone by Inuit artists. 04.… …
38carve — [OE] Originally, carve meant simply ‘cut’. That sense died out in the 16th century, leaving the more specialized ‘cut or incise decoratively’ and later ‘cut up meat at table’. Related words in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch kerven, point …
39carve — vb British to attack with a knife, to slash or cut (someone). From the vernacular of thugs, street gangs and professional criminals. ► They threatened to carve him. ► She got carved …
40carve — verb 1) he carved horn handles Syn: sculpt, cut, hew, whittle, chisel, shape, fashion 2) I carved my initials on the tree Syn: engrave, incise, score, cut …
