carve up

verb

carved up; carving up; carves up

usually disapproving

: to divide something into small parts

The once beautiful countryside has been carved up by developers.

Examples of carve up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ken Dorsey, Miami, 2000 Down 24-20 with 97 seconds left, Dorsey carved up FSU, completing 6 of 7 passes, the final connection to Jeremy Shockey in the back of the end zone from 13 yards out with 46 seconds left. — Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026

More immediately, the decision in Callais set off a pell-mell process of new gerrymanders that carved up majority-minority districts into fragments designed to dilute Democratic votes. — John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026

Maye carved up the Las Vegas defense all afternoon and finished with 374 passing yards, four touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Former Fox Sports talk-show host Skip Bayless watched Mahomes carve up the Colts defense with amazement. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for carve up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup