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CARVE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove from a larger whole
Example:
the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "carve out" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Establish or create through painstaking effort
Example:
She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "carve out" is one way to...):
create (bring into existence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
