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

However, the Cowboys’ secondary allowed Gardner Minshew to carve up the group over the final quarter-and-a-half, throwing for 188 yards and three touchdowns on 17-of-23 passing. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

Milhouse’s wishes come true when the Grand Pumpkin turns out to be real, but he’s pissed that humans carve up his pumpkin brothers and sisters for fun. — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

When Anthropic goes public, the stock its seven cofounders hold stands to be worth up to $200 billion between them, carved up into seven nearly identical piles. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

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

Rhymes for carve up

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