Carve Up (Verb)
Meaning
Separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The company carved up the profits among its shareholders in proportion to their investments.
- After the war, the Allied powers carved up the defeated nation's territory among themselves.
- The recipe tells you to carve up the chicken into eight pieces before baking it.
- The team of lawyers worked tirelessly to carve up the contract into smaller, more manageable sections.
- The state's water commission carved up the river's flow among the different agricultural and municipal users.