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Meaning of 'divide' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Divide [ n.]
- A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.
2 . Divide [ v. i.]
- To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.
- To cause separation; to disunite.
- To break friendship; to fall out.
- To have a share; to partake.
- To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
3 . Divide [ v. t.]
- To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
- To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.
- To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.
- To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
- To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.
- To subject to arithmetical division.
- To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.
- To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
- To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Meaning of 'divide' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . divide [ v]
Meaning (1):
- perform a division
Example in sentence:
  • Can you divide 49 by seven?
Meaning (2):
- separate into parts or portions
Example in sentence:
  • divide the cake into three equal parts;
  • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Meaning (3):
- force, take, or pull apart
Example in sentence:
  • He separated the fighting children;
  • Moses parted the Red Sea
Meaning (4):
- come apart
Example in sentence:
  • the group broke up;
  • The two pieces that we had glued separated
Meaning (5):
- act as a barrier between; stand between
Example in sentence:
  • The mountain range divides the two countries

Nearby Words:

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