divide
noun
- 1
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
- 2
a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
verb
- 1
perform a division
Can you divide 49 by seven?
- 2
force, take, or pull apart
He separated the fighting children
Moses parted the Red Sea
- 3
come apart
The two pieces that we had glued separated
- 4
make a division or separation
- 5
separate into parts or portions
divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
- 6
act as a barrier between; stand between
The mountain range divides the two countries
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