1 (v + adv) pejorative area, assets, etc TRANSITIVEroinn verb c m uto carve up the spoilsan chreach a roinntthe constituency will be carved up before the next electionroinnfear an toghcheantar roimh an gcéad toghchán eile2 (v + adv) informal person TRANSITIVEsceanairt a dhéanamh ar c m uhe got carved up in a vicious fightrinneadh sceanairt air le linn troid fhíochmhar3 (v + adv) meat TRANSITIVEgearr verb c m uhe carved up the meatghearr sé an fheoil4 (v + adv) informal of vehicle TRANSITIVEgearr isteach arthe lorry carved me upghearr an leoraí isteach orm5 (v + adv) pejorative dig up TRANSITIVEtochail verb c m ucart verb c m uthey've carved up the valley to build a roadtá an gleann scriosta acu chun bóthar a thógáil, tá an gleann tochailte acu le bóthar a dhéanamh → see carve