Definition of carve up Carve up
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What does carve up mean?
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| carve up - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" | ||
| divide, split, split up, separate, dissever | ||
| unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" | ||
| change integrity change in physical make-up | ||
| subdivide divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!" | ||
| initialise, initialize, format assign an initial value to a computer program | ||
| sectionalise, sectionalize divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country" | ||
| triangulate survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot" | ||
| unitise, unitize separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency" | ||
| lot divide into lots, as of land, for example | ||
| parcel make into a wrapped container | ||
| sliver, splinter form into slivers; "sliver wood" | ||
| paragraph write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | ||
| canton divide into cantons, of a country | ||
| balkanise, balkanize divide a territory into small, hostile states | ||
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