"cut and carve" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts and carves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting and carving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut and carved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut and carved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cut<,,cut> and carve<>"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1813, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803",
          "text": "Vote largely from the sinking fund for the payment of your debts, and let the ministry cut and carve the remainder as they please; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refine; to decide how to apportion."
      ],
      "id": "en-cut_and_carve-en-verb-fkfxc8al",
      "links": [
        [
          "refine",
          "refine"
        ],
        [
          "apportion",
          "apportion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slice and dice"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut and carve"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuts and carves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cutting and carving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut and carved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cut and carved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "cut<,,cut> and carve<>"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English coordinated pairs",
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        {
          "ref": "1813, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803",
          "text": "Vote largely from the sinking fund for the payment of your debts, and let the ministry cut and carve the remainder as they please; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refine; to decide how to apportion."
      ],
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        [
          "refine",
          "refine"
        ],
        [
          "apportion",
          "apportion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "slice and dice"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut and carve"
}