divide

Definitions of divide in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a ridge of land that separates two adj acent river systems

verb - separate into parts or portions

verb - perform a division

verb - act as a barrier between

verb - come apart

verb - make a division or separation

verb - force, take, or pull apart

To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches.

To sector into units of measurement; graduate.

To separate and group according to kind; classify.

To separate into opposing factions; disunite: “They want not to divide either the Revolution or the Church but to be an integral part of both” (Conor Cruise O’Brien).

To cause (members of a parliament) to vote by separating into groups, as pro and con.

To separate from something else; cut off: divided the boys from the girls for gym class.

To apportion among a number.

Mathematics.

To subject to the process of division.

To be an exact divisor of.

To become separated into parts.

To branch out, as a river.

To form into factions; take sides.

To vote by dividing.

To perform the operation of division.

To undergo cell division.

A dividing point or line: “would clearly tip the court... across a dangerous constitutional divide” (Lawrence H.

A ridge of land; a watershed.

verb - to separate into parts, areas, or groups