carve up 1
verbdomain: v society
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
separate into parts or portions
Examples
- 1.divide the cake into three equal parts
- 2.The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Hypernym
change in physical make-up
EnglishAlso see
carve 3
verb
cut to pieces
Hyponym
subdivide 2
verb
divide into smaller and smaller pieces
format 3
verb
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
sectionalize 1
verb
divide into sections, especially into geographic sections
triangulate 1
verb
divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
unitize 1
verb
divide (bulk material) and process as units
