divide (n.)

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

  2. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

    [ Syn: watershed , water parting ]

    divide (v.)

  1. separate into parts or portions; divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

    [ Syn: split , split up , separate , dissever , carve up ]

  2. perform a division; Can you divide 49 by seven?

    [ Syn: fraction ]

  3. act as a barrier between; stand between; The mountain range divides the two countries

    [ Syn: separate ]

  4. come apart; The two pieces that we had glued separated

    [ Syn: separate , part ]

  5. make a division or separation

    [ Syn: separate ]

  6. force, take, or pull apart; He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea

    [ Syn: separate , disunite , part ]

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