Overview of verb divide

The verb divide has 6 senses

• 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")


• divide, fraction -- (perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?")


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


• separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")


• separate, divide -- (make a division or separation)


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

Overview of adj divided

The adj divided has 3 senses

• divided -- (separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided")


• divided, dual-lane -- (having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway")


• divided, divided up, shared, shared out -- (distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose)