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I don't share the view that China and the U.S. need to reach some kind of strategic accommodation to carve up the Asia-Pacific region - that is an arrogant proposition and deeply insulting to other countries in the region, including Japan and potentially also India and Indonesia.
John Howard

Meaning of "carve up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CARVE UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARVE UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carve up is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb carve up in English.

WHAT DOES CARVE UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of carve up in the English dictionary

The first definition of carve up in the dictionary is to cut into pieces. Other definition of carve up is to divide or dismember. Carve up is also an act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CARVE UP

PRESENT

Present
I carve up
you carve up
he/she/it carves up
we carve up
you carve up
they carve up
Present continuous
I am carving up
you are carving up
he/she/it is carving up
we are carving up
you are carving up
they are carving up
Present perfect
I have carved up
you have carved up
he/she/it has carved up
we have carved up
you have carved up
they have carved up
Present perfect continuous
I have been carving up
you have been carving up
he/she/it has been carving up
we have been carving up
you have been carving up
they have been carving up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I carved up
you carved up
he/she/it carved up
we carved up
you carved up
they carved up
Past continuous
I was carving up
you were carving up
he/she/it was carving up
we were carving up
you were carving up
they were carving up
Past perfect
I had carved up
you had carved up
he/she/it had carved up
we had carved up
you had carved up
they had carved up
Past perfect continuous
I had been carving up
you had been carving up
he/she/it had been carving up
we had been carving up
you had been carving up
they had been carving up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will carve up
you will carve up
he/she/it will carve up
we will carve up
you will carve up
they will carve up
Future continuous
I will be carving up
you will be carving up
he/she/it will be carving up
we will be carving up
you will be carving up
they will be carving up
Future perfect
I will have carved up
you will have carved up
he/she/it will have carved up
we will have carved up
you will have carved up
they will have carved up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been carving up
you will have been carving up
he/she/it will have been carving up
we will have been carving up
you will have been carving up
they will have been carving up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would carve up
you would carve up
he/she/it would carve up
we would carve up
you would carve up
they would carve up
Conditional continuous
I would be carving up
you would be carving up
he/she/it would be carving up
we would be carving up
you would be carving up
they would be carving up
Conditional perfect
I would have carve up
you would have carve up
he/she/it would have carve up
we would have carve up
you would have carve up
they would have carve up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been carving up
you would have been carving up
he/she/it would have been carving up
we would have been carving up
you would have been carving up
they would have been carving up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you carve up
we let´s carve up
you carve up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to carve up
Past participle
carved up
Present Participle
carving up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARVE UP

caruncle
caruncular
carunculate
carunculated
carunculous
Caruso
carvacrol
carve
carve out
carve-up
carvel
carvel-built
carven
carver
carveries
carvers
carvery
carving
carving knife
carvy

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARVE UP

be made up
change up
come up
double up
give up
have up
lace up
live up
measure up
pile up
shake up
shape up
size up
spruce up
sunny-side up
take up
tie up
tune up
use up
write up

Synonyms and antonyms of carve up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carve up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARVE UP

Find out the translation of carve up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carve up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carve up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

瓜分
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repartirse
570 millions of speakers

English

carve up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्कीर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نحت تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поделить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esculpir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্তন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

découper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengukir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zerstückeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

切り分ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개척
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngukir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khắc lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டாட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरलेली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bölmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lottizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyrzeźbić się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поділити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sculpta în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαράξει επάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kerf up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dela upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjære opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carve up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARVE UP»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARVE UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carve up

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3 QUOTES WITH «CARVE UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word carve up.
1
Robert Drew
Richard Leacock and I ran into a guy who knew how to carve up a camera, and we had him carve one up for us. We had him chop it down and change the gears from metal to plastic, which would cut down on the sound it made when it was running.
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John Howard
I don't share the view that China and the U.S. need to reach some kind of strategic accommodation to carve up the Asia-Pacific region - that is an arrogant proposition and deeply insulting to other countries in the region, including Japan and potentially also India and Indonesia.
3
Patti Smith
You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARVE UP»

Discover the use of carve up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carve up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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What a Carve Up!
In a climax set in the Winshaw's family seat the novel turns into the film, 'What A Carve Up!' as a murderous maniac stalks the family and Michael discovers the significance of Shirley Eaton's lingere.
Jonathan Coe, 2008
2
Meltdown Iceland: Lessons on the World Financial Crisis from ...
3. : Carve-up. e Icelander's temperament is nervoso-lymphatic and at best nervoso-sanguineous. Richard Burton, 1875 It is dark when I leave Hildur Helga's house, but not pitch-black. As I walk to the university to talk to yet more economists, ...
Roger Boyes, 2009
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Consequences of Pragmatism: Essays, 1972-1980
... world" as used in a phrase like 'different conceptual schemes carve up the world differently' must be the notion of something completely unspecified and unspecifiable — the thing-in- itself, in fact. As soon as we start thinking of "the world" as ...
Richard Rorty, 1982
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The Origins of Grammar: Language in the Light of Evolution II
His point is rather that we humans are disposed to carve up this reality differently from other organisms with other sensory kit and other life-goals. There is some human-universality in how we carve up actions and events into manageable ...
James R. Hurford, 2011
5
Understanding Events : From Perception to Action: From ...
to notice motion and discriminate actions, it tells us little about the sorts of cues infants are using to carve up these events. What Cues Are Used to Carve Up Events? Adults appear to use a number of cues, including perceptual or sensory  ...
Department of Psychology Temple University Thomas F. Shipley Professor, Department of Psychology and Director Jeffrey M. Zacks Assistant Professor, Dynamic Cognition Lab Washington University St. Louis, 2008
6
100 Must-read Prize-Winning Novels: Discover Your Next Great ...
(b.1961) UK WHAT A CARVE UP! (1994) Jonathan Coe had already written three novels which had gathered critical praise but limited sales when he made a break-through to a larger readership with What a Carve Up! Taking its name from a ...
Nick Rennison, 2010
7
Critical Legal Studies: A Liberal Critique
Alter the location of a given norm in the overall system, and its meaning and application can change radically. Carve up the mass of legal norms in a different way, and legal outcomes will be drastically different. But the ultra-theorist argues that ...
Andrew Altman, 1993
8
Things, Facts and Events
Socrates said to Phaedrus that it would be good if one were able to carve up everything at its natural joints (Plato, Phaedrus 265e). One should not carve up things like a bad cook who destroys the limbs when he carves up the beast because ...
Jan Faye, Uwe Scheffler, Max Urchs, 2000
9
The Microsoft Case: Antitrust, High Technology, and Consumer ...
As we show in chapter 2, the starting point of the story was the meeting on June 21, 1995, in which Microsoft allegedly attempted to induce Netscape to conspire with it to carve up the burgeoning market for Web browsers, with Microsoft taking  ...
William H. Page, John E. Lopatka, 2009
10
Convention to Revise the Constitution: December, 1902
... certain number, and, as the population of the wards and towns are to-day, you will find that none of them will answer the requirements and you will have to revise and carve up anew the towns and wards to readjust them to the district system.
New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention, 1903

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARVE UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carve up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae Due to Carve Up Xbox One
The game seems to adopt a combo based system that will be familiar to fans of the games such as Devil May Cry. Players can use SP to ... «Pure Xbox, Jul 15»
2
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova Advance to Wimbledon …
Bacsinszky plays a cerebral game of chips and dinks, and when given the time and space to wield her craft, she can carve up opponents. «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
U.S. banks post detailed crisis plans to avoid breakup threat
The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act gave the regulators the power to carve up the banks if they deem the living wills "not credible," though that is only the ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
4
Statesmanship and the Greek Crisis
Their decision will one day be recognized as a victory for Europe over those who preferred to carve up the eurozone, rather than give Greece ... «Project Syndicate, Jul 15»
5
Replacement Level: Role vs Quality
If Carlos Boozer's job on the Lakers would have been to carve up secondary units (maybe alongside a rim protector instead of Robert Sacre), ... «Nylon Calculus, Jul 15»
6
'This is a dream move for me', says Notts County new boy Genaro …
A breakneck turn of speed is matched with the ability to carve up defences – something which Notts were desperately missing last season. «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
7
Marlborough butcher hoping to carve up competition
NOT only is butcher Andrew Ayris flying the flag for quality British meat at his shop in Marlborough he will also be representing Great Britain in ... «This Is Wiltshire, Jul 15»
8
Alan Grayson drafts 'new Declaration of Independence' from bigotry …
“I will not carve up the law into little pieces, and sell it to the highest bidder. I will not make 'friends' with lobbyists and special interests and the ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
9
New Book Highlights Bronx's Pivotal Role in New York Mob History
"They would carve up the territory of who would sell to where and who would sell to whom," DeStefano said, "and this was a pretty wide city ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
10
My New Declaration of Independence
I will not carve up the law into little pieces, and sell it to the highest bidder. I will not make "friends" with lobbyists and special interests and the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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