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PRONUNCIATION OF CARVE-UP

carve-up  [ˈkɑːvʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARVE-UP

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Carve-Up is 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.

WHAT DOES CARVE-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

carve-up

Carving

Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools. Carving, as a means for making sculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay or melted glass, which may be shaped into the desired forms while soft and then harden into that form. Carving tends to require much more work than methods using malleable materials. Kinds of carving include: ▪ Bone carving ▪ Chip carving ▪ Gourd carving or Gourd art ▪ Ice carving or Ice sculpture ▪ Ivory carving ▪ Stone carving ▪ Petroglyph ▪ Vegetable carving ▪ Wood carving ▪ Hobo nickel...

Definition of carve-up in the English dictionary

The first definition of carve-up in the dictionary is an act of instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition. Other definition of carve-up is the division or dismembering, esp when this seems to be unfair. Carve-Up is also the distribution of booty, or of the profits from something, esp when this seems to be unfair.

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

change-up
close-up
eye make-up
flare-up
hand-me-up
lace-up
line-up
made-up
make-up
one-up
pick-me-up
pile-up
rave-up
re-up
shake-up
take-up
tie-up
tune-up
wake-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

雕刻机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tallar -up
570 millions of speakers

English

carve-up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्कीर्ण अप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نحت المتابعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дележка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esculpir -up
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্তন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carve- up
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengukir-up
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Carve- up
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

彫るアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개척 업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngukir-up
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

कोरव्ह अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oymak-up
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritagliarsi - up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyrzeźbić się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дільба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sculpta - up
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

carve - up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kerf -up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rista 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»

The term «carve-up» is regularly used and occupies the 71.249 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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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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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.
1
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

9 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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EMC Sells Box Competitor Syncplicity To Private Equity Shop Skyview
Skyview views itself as a carve-up specialist, having done about 20 such deals in its history. The firm is betting that Syncplicity's problem hasn't ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Obama at the Pentagon: No end to ISIS war
... that behind the current war in Iraq and Syria is the drive by US imperialism to carry out a new, neocolonial carve-up of the oil-rich region. «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
3
Australia Post to axe another 1900 jobs in preparation for privatisation
Shorten was a senior minister in the Labor government that installed Fahour, and is therefore directly responsible for the ongoing carve-up of ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
4
Panthers Rabbitohs: Matt Moylan's fitting words gives Dallin Watene …
Last Sunday's carve-up against the Wests Tigers was his best game yet. Johnston has posted similar numbers when wearing the No. 1, making ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Olympics' Eurosport carve-up will have one simple result: fewer …
Inspired by Jessica Ennis's London 2012 triumph? Make sure you subscribe in advance then. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Bell carve-up Bill challenge
At stake is the carve-up of $1.7 billion won by Bell's liquidator Tony Woodings from 20 banks that ripped assets out of the ailing Alan ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
7
Time for Chile Copa America Conspiracy Talk to Stop as Argentina …
As I am not privy to any backstage meeting where such a carve-up was arranged, all we can do is examine the facts. 1. The sending-off of ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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NSW budget carve-up on the Central Coast
The State Government has defended its budget spending on the Central Coast, with Labor MPs saying the region has been short-changed after ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
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GST debate fires up again with proposal to distribute on per-capita …
The Abbott government has reignited debate about the carve-up of the ... The third is the most radical option for change to the GST carve-up. «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Carve-Up [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/carve-up-1>. Apr 2024 ».
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