a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
[ Syn: watershed , water parting ]
divide (n.)
separate into parts or portions; divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
perform a division; Can you divide 49 by seven?
[ Syn: fraction ]
act as a barrier between; stand between; The mountain range divides the two countries
[ Syn: separate ]
come apart; The two pieces that we had glued separated
make a division or separation
[ Syn: separate ]
force, take, or pull apart; He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea