divide
/dɪˈvaɪd/ verb, noun
Forms divides dividing divided dividest dividedst divideth
- verb (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. “a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns”
- verb (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
- verb (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it. “How shall we divide this pie?”
- verb (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree. “Words divide us; Wiktionary unites us.”
- verb (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the quotient number by which another one (the divisor) is multiplied to produce a second number (the dividend). “If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.”
- verb (transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of. “3 divides 6.”
- verb (intransitive, cytology, of a cell) To reproduce by either mitosis or meiosis.
- verb (intransitive) To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
- noun A thing that divides. “Stay on your side of the divide, please.”
- noun An act of dividing. “The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.”
- noun A distancing between two people or things. “There is a great divide between us.”
- noun (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land. “If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.”
- noun (hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
Synonyms
cut up disunite partition split split up separate shear divvy up divide up share share out apportion becut decide discerp disintegrate dispart dissever divorce part watershed water parting carve up fraction
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan related to English deal which formerly meant a “portion” or “part” of something.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
- verb 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.
- verb To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton.
- verb To cause separation; to disunite.
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “divide”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details