carveEnglishOxford American Thesauruscarve verb 1 he used to carve horn handles for walking sticks: sculpt, sculpture; cut, chisel, hew, whittle, chip, hack, slash; form, shape, fashion. 2 I carved my initials on the tree: engrave, etch, notch, cut in, incise, score, print, mark. ▷antonyms erase. 3 he stood carving the roast chicken: slice, cut up, chop, dice. □ carve something upthe Empire was carved up into three kingdoms: divide, partition, parcel out, apportion, subdivide, split up, break up, separate out, segregate, measure out; share out, dole out; informal divvy up. ▷antonyms unify; reunify.
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