Divide (Verb)
Meaning 1
Force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 3
Perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 4
Make a division or separation.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 6
Come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Partition
- Polarize
- Detach
- Come Away
- Calve
- Chip
- Gerrymander
- Subdivide
- Reduce
- Dismember
- Disjoin
- Discerp
- Segregate
- Segment
- Break Off
- Come Off
- Break Away