"carve up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: carves up [present, singular, third-person], carving up [participle, present], carved up [participle, past], carved up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carve up (third-person singular simple present carves up, present participle carving up, simple past and past participle carved up)
  1. To cut into pieces. Translations (to cut into pieces): zerschneiden (German)
    Sense id: en-carve_up-en-verb-UKOd6eIB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'to cut into pieces': 97 3
  2. (country, land, etc.) To divide or dismember, separate into parts Tags: usually Translations (land, etc.: to divide or dismember): zerstückeln (German), zerlegen (German), in Stücke aufteilen (German)
    Sense id: en-carve_up-en-verb-dJzyPZ9G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 55 45 Topics: country, location, region Disambiguation of 'land, etc.: to divide or dismember': 6 94

Inflected forms

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