pokroić ?:

1. divide something into pieces with a sharp implement. "I sat in the kitchen and peeled and cut up potatoes" 2. criticize someone severely. My kids cut him up about his appetite all the time.

This totem pole is carved from/out of a single tree trunk. | 2. He carved her name on a tree. | 3. Some of the tunnels in the cliff are natural, some were carved out (= cut into the rock) by soldiers for defensive purposes.

To cut meat into slices. Who is going to carve the Thanksgiving turkey?