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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
carve /kɑːv/
- transitive verb
- (sculpt) tailler, sculpter (wood, stone, figure);
creuser (channel) ( out of, from dans);
to ~ sth into tailler qch en forme de;
- (inscribe) graver ( onto sur;
in dans);
- Culin découper.
- (sculpt) tailler, sculpter (wood, stone, figure);
- intransitive verb découper.
▶ ~ out [sth], ~ [sth] out
carve up: - fig se faire (niche, name);
se tailler (reputation, market);
se construire (career);
- lit creuser (gorge, channel).
▶ ~ up [sth], ~ [sth] up
- (familier)(divide) partager (proceeds);
morceler (estate, territory);
- Culin découper;
▶ ~ up [sb] (familier)
- (with knife) taillader;
- Aut faire une queue de poisson à.
'carve' found in these Oxford entries:
carve: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| carve | tailler v | ||
| carve | (cut up) trancher- la viande | couper v | |
| carve | (by carving) | graver v | |
| carve | (engrave, cut) | graver v | |
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carve: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| carve out | vtr | literal (sculpt) | sculpter⇒ vtr |
| Michelangelo liked to carve huge athletic nudes out of marble. | |||
| tailler⇒ vtr | |||
| carve out | vtr | figurative (career, etc.: build up) | bâtir⇒ vtr |
| She's succeeded in carving out a nice career for herself in marketing. | |||
| monter⇒ vtr | |||
| carve up, carve-up | vtr | literal (cut into pieces) | découper⇒ vtr |
| Note: hyphen used when term is a noun | |||
| carve up, carve-up | vtr | slang (drive a car very fast) | faire une queue de poisson à qqn v |
| carve up, carve-up | vtr | figurative (to divide sth ) | découper⇒ vtr |
| After the war, the victors carved the defeated nations up into new administrative regions. | |||
| Le continent africain a été découpé en dépit du bon sens. | |||
| démanteler⇒ vtr | |||
| morceler⇒ vtr | |||
| carve up, carve-up | vtr | slang (injure sb badly with a knife) | taillader⇒ vtr |
| tailler en pièces vtr | |||
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