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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. separate into parts or portions;
- Example: "divide the cake into three equal parts"
- Example: "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
[syn: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carve up
    v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into
         three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman
         Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split
         up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify,
         unite]