[v] cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" [v] form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" [v] engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
chip at, cut up
allot, amputate, apportion, assemble, autolithograph, ax, be a printmaker, bisect, block out, book, butcher, calendar, canal, canalize, carve up, cast, catalog, chalk, chalk up, chamfer, channel, character, chase, check in, chip, chisel, chop, chronicle,