cut down 'cut with a blade or mower' mow 'cut with a blade or mower' cube 'cut into cubes' dice 'cut into cubes' fillet 'cut into filets' carve 'cut to pieces' cut up 'cut to pieces' filet 'cut into filets'
mince 'COD: cut up or shred (meat) into very small pieces. ' dice 'COD: Cut (food) into small cubes.' carve 'FN: cut into hard material, sometimes with a carving knife. ' cut 'COD: divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement.' fillet 'COD: cut (fish or meat) into fillets. ' slice 'FN: to cut into thin, broad pieces, esp. for food.' cube 'COD: cut (food) into small cubes. ' chop 'COD: cut with repeated sharp, heavy blows of an axe or knife. '
NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) INI (Pieces) NP (Agent) V () NP (Item) CNI (Pieces)
Examples from WordNet
Father carved the ham filet the fish cube the cheese mow the grass
Examples from VerbNet
Carol crushed the ice. That hammer crushes well. Carol carved the stone with a chisel. Carol drilled the stone. The hammer crushed the marble. The ice crushed easily. The chisel carves well. Carol drilled the stone with a hammer drill. Carol carved the stone. The chisel carved the statue. The marble drilled easily. Carol crushed the ice with a hammer. The antique hand drill drilled well. The antique hand drill drilled the stone. The marble carved easily.
Examples from SemCor
`` Miss_Sarah, I can cut_up no chicken. Yet a grassy approach can a pool into a floating lawn every time the grass is mowed. Had_to put my foot on_it to hole it down while I cut it up fer the lob-scuse''.