Definitions of Divide [ɪˈvaɪd]

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Definition of 'Divide'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) divide
to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.

2.  divide
to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off.

3.  divide
to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion.

4.  divide
to cleave; part.

5.  divide
to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree:
The issue divided the senators.

6.  divide
to distinguish the kinds of; classify.

7.  divide
to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division; apply the mathematical process of division to.

8.  divide
to be a divisor of, without a remainder.

9.  divide
to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.).

10.  divide
to separate (a legislature or other assembly) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question.

11. (v.i.) divide
to become divided or separated.

12.  divide
to share something with others.

13.  divide
to diverge; branch; fork.

14.  divide
to perform the mathematical process of division.

15.  divide
to vote by separating into two groups.

16. (n.) divide
a division:
a divide in the road.

17.  divide
the line or zone of higher ground between two adjacent streams or drainage basins.

18.  divide
Archaic. the act of dividing.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME (< AF divider) < L dīvidere to separate, divide)

Definition of 'Divide'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (verb) watershed, water parting, divide
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

3. (verb) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

4. (verb) divide, fraction
perform a division
"Can you divide 49 by seven?"

5. (verb) separate, divide
act as a barrier between; stand between
"The mountain range divides the two countries"

6. (verb) separate, divide, part
come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"

7. (verb) separate, divide
make a division or separation

8. (verb) separate, disunite, divide, part
force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

Definition of 'Divide'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) divide
≠ join
a large house divided into several apartments; How do cells divide?

2.  divide
to share sth between a group
Divide the candy between the children.

3.  divide
≠ unite
a land dispute that has divided the local people

4.  divide
to calculate how many times number is in a bigger number
21 divided by 7 equals 3.

Definition of 'Divide'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Divide
a dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed

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

3. (verb) Divide
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

4. (verb) Divide
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

5. (verb) Divide
to disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance

6. (verb) Divide
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

7. (verb) Divide
to subject to arithmetical division

8. (verb) Divide
to separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term

9. (verb) Divide
to mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant

10. (verb) Divide
to play or sing in a florid style, or with variations

11. (verb) Divide
to be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder

12. (verb) Divide
to cause separation; to disunite

13. (verb) Divide
to break friendship; to fall out

14. (verb) Divide
to have a share; to partake

15. (verb) Divide
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

Translation of 'Divide'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to separate into parts or groups The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.
Afrikaans: verdeel, skei	Arabic: يَقْسِم، يَنْقَسِم	Bulgarian: деля
Brazilian: dividir	Czech: (roz)dělit (se); rozcháze	German: teilen
Danish: dele; inddele	Greek: χωρίζω	Spanish: dividir
Estonian: jagama, jagunema	Farsi: جدا کردن؛ سوا کردن	Finnish: jakaa
French: (se) diviser	Hebrew: לְחָלֵק	Hindi: विभाजन, बांटना
Croatian: podijeliti u grupe	Hungarian: (fel)oszt, szétoszt, mego	Indonesian: membagi
Icelandic: skiptast; skiptaí hópa	Italian: dividere	Japanese: 分割する
Korean: 분할하다	Lithuanian: dalinti	Latvian: dalīties; atdalīt; nodalī
Malay: dibahagikan	Dutch: verdelen, scheiden	Norwegian: dele (seg), splitte, være
Polish: dzielić	Persian: جدا کردن؛ سوا کردن	Pashto: تقسيمول، بېلول، جلا كول و
Portuguese: dividir	Romanian: aîmpărţi	Russian: разделять(ся)
Slovak: rozdeliť (sa)	Slovenian: (raz)deliti (se)	Serbian: podeliti
Swedish: dela [upp]	Thai: แ่งแยก	Turkish: bölmek
Taiwanese: 分割，劃分，意見分歧	Ukrainian: ділити; розходити(ся)	Urdu: تقسیم کرنا یا ہونا
Vietnamese: phân chia	Chinese: 分，划分，意见分歧
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