Word

carve up, v.

separate into parts or portions
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

carve up dissever divide separate split split up

sample sentences

"divide the cake into three equal parts"
"The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

verb frames

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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

divisible division divider divider divider

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

change integrity

hyponym

subdivide format, initialize, initialise sectionalize, sectionalise triangulate unitize, unitise lot parcel splinter, sliver paragraph canton Balkanize, Balkanise