divide

verb
/dɪˈvaɪd/

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

Example

“a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns”

Other meanings

To separate into two or more parts.
To share (something) by dividing it.
“How shall we divide this pie?”

Synonyms

split
split up
separate
carve up

Related words

continental divide
divide the House
Divide County
Delmar Divide
drainage divide
water divide
divvy
dividability
dividable
divider
misdivide
overdivide

Example sentences

“We build bridges where others see only divides.”
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Word history

From Latin "dīvidō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “divide” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.