divide

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Pronunciation
/dɪˈvaɪd/
Noun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

A thing that divides.

Example Sentences
  • Stay on your side of the divide, please.
2 Definition

An act of dividing.

Example Sentences
  • The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.
3 Definition

A distancing between two people or things.

Example Sentences
  • There is a great divide between us.
4 Definition

A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

Example Sentences
  • If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.
5 Definition

The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

Verb
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

Example Sentences
  • a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns
2 Definition

To share (something) by dividing it.

Example Sentences
  • How shall we divide this pie?
3 Definition

(with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).

Example Sentences
  • If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.
4 Definition

To be a divisor of.

Example Sentences
  • 3 divides 6.
5 Definition

To separate into two or more parts.

6 Definition

Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

To break friendship; to fall out.

9 Definition

To have a share; to partake.

10 Definition

To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, 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.

11 Definition

To mark divisions on; to graduate.

Example Sentences
  • to divide a sextant
12 Definition

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