Divide
WordNet
noun
(1) A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
(2) A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
verb
(3) Perform a division
"Can you divide 49 by seven?"
(4) Force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"
"Moses parted the Red Sea"
(5) Come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
(6) Make a division or separation
(7) Separate into parts or portions
"Divide the cake into three equal parts"
"The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
(8) Act as a barrier between; stand between
"The mountain range divides the two countries"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- To share (something) by dividing it.
- How shall we divide this pie?
- To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
- If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.
- To separate into two or more parts.
- Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
Synonyms
cut up, partition, separate, split, split up divi up, divide up, share, share out separate, shear, split, split upNoun
- A thing that divides.
- Stay on your side of the divide, please.
- An act of dividing.
- The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.
- A distancing between two people or things.
- There is a great divide between us.
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