divide

[Di*vide·]

When you divide something, you separate it into different parts. A pizza maker may divide a ball of dough into two parts to make two pies, or you might even divide a stick of gum in half to share it with a friend.

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To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Noun
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

Noun
a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

Verb
perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

Verb
force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

Verb
come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

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Verb
make a division or separation

Verb
separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

Verb
act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

v. t.
To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To subject to arithmetical division.

v. t.
To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

v. t.
To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

v. t.
To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

v. i.
To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.

v. i.
To cause separation; to disunite.

v. i.
To break friendship; to fall out.

v. i.
To have a share; to partake.

v. i.
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.

n.
A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

Divide

Di*vide" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.] 1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Divide the living child in two.

2. 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.

Let it divide the waters from the waters.

3. 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.

True justice unto people to divide.

Ye shall divide the land by lot.

4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.

Every family became now divided within itself.

5. 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. 6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division. 7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. 8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. 9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.

Divide

Di*vide", v. i. 1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton.

The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.

2. To cause separation; to disunite.

A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest.

3. To break friendship; to fall out. Shak. 4. To have a share; to partake. Shak. 5. 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.

The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals.

Divide

Di*vide", n. A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.

A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

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Usage Examples

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening to me they are one.

Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer.

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

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Other Usage Examples

Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.

Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas.

It is sad that the Republican leadership is not as interested as they say they are in protecting the institution of marriage as they are in waging a campaign to divide and distract the American people from the real issues that need to be addressed.

I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.

Nothing has done more to separate and divide human beings one from another than exclusivist organized religion.

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify.

I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.