Divide

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: di=vide

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Divide, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by in, into) separate or be separated into parts; break up; split (the river divides into two; the road divides; divided them into three groups).
2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by out) distribute; deal; share (divided it out between them).
3 tr. a cut off; separate; part (divide the sheep from the goats). b mark out into parts (a ruler divided into inches). c specify different kinds of, classify (people can be divided into two types).
4 tr. cause to disagree; set at variance (religion divided them).
5 Math. a tr. find how many times (a number) contains another (divide 20 by 4). b intr. (of a number) be contained in (a number) without a remainder (4 divides into 20). c intr. be susceptible of division (10 divides by 2 and 5). d tr. find how many times (a number) is contained in another (divide 4 into 20).
6 intr. Math. do division (can divide well).
7 Parl. a intr. (of a legislative assembly etc.) part into two groups for voting (the House divided). b tr. so divide (a Parliament etc.) for voting.
--n.
1 a dividing or boundary line (the divide between rich and poor).
2 a watershed.

Idiom

divided against itself formed into factions. divided highway US a dual carriageway. divided skirt culottes. the Great Divide the boundary between life and death.

Etymology

ME f. L dividere divis- (as DI-(2), vid- separate)

THESAURUS

Divide

Continental Divide, Great Divide, aberrate, abrupt, add, aggravate, agree to differ, agree to disagree, algebraize, alienate, allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, anatomize, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arrange, assay, assess, assign, assort, atomize, ballot, be at variance, be in dissent, be partners in, beg to differ, bifurcate, bisect, bolt, bound, branch, branch out, break down, break up, break with, broach, by two, calculate, calibrate, caliper, canvass, carve, carve up, cast, cast a ballot, cast off, cast out, catalog, categorize, change, check a parameter, chink, chop, chop logic, cipher, circumscribe, class, classify, cleave, codify, collate, come between, compute, contradistinguish, cooperate, cordon, cordon off, count, crack, crevasse, cull out, cut, cut adrift, cut in two, cut off, cut open, cut out, cut up, deal, deal out, decrease, delete, demarcate, demark, depart, deploy, desynonymize, detach, dial, dichotomize, differ, difference, differentiate, digest, dimidiate, disaccord, disaffect, disagree, disagree with, disarticulate, disburse, disconnect, discord, discord with, discriminate, disengage, disequalize, disjoin, disjoint, dispart, dispense, disperse, dissect, dissent, dissent from, dissociate, distinguish, distribute, district, disunite, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide into shares, divide on, divide up, divide with, divorce, divvy, divvy up, divvy up with, dole out, dope out, draw the line, drop out, eject, enclose, estimate, estrange, evaluate, expel, extract roots, fall out, fan out, fan the flame, fathom, fence off, figure, figure in, figure out, file, fission, fissure, fix, fly open, fork, gauge, ghettoize, gin, give out, go away, go even stephen, go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go off, go shares, gradate, grade, graduate, group, halve, have a falling-out, in half, incise, increase, index, individualize, individuate, insulate, irritate, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, lay aside, lay open, leave, light the fuse, limit, list, make a distinction, make trouble, mark, mark off, mark out, mark the interface, measure, measure out, mensurate, mete, mete out, meter, modify, multiply, not agree, number, ope, open, open up, oppose, order, organize, outspread, pace, panel, parcel, parcel out, part, part company, particularize, partition, personalize, pick out, pigeonhole, pit against, place, plumb, plump, poll, portion, prize, probe, prorate, provoke, pull away, pull back, pull out, put aside, put in order, quantify, quantize, quarantine, quota, ramify, range, rank, rate, ration, reckon, reduce, reduce to elements, refine a distinction, rent, resolve, riddle, rift, rip, rive, score, screen, screen out, secede, seclude, section, segment, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set a limit, set against, set apart, set aside, set at odds, set at variance, set off, set on, sever, severalize, share, share in, share out, share with, shift, shut off, sic on, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, size, size up, slice, slice the pie, slice up, slit, sort, sort out, sound, sow dissension, span, specialize, splay, split, split hairs, split in two, split the difference, split up, spread, spread out, spring open, stand apart, stand aside, step, step aside, stir up trouble, subdivide, subordinate, subtilize, subtract, sunder, surround, survey, swing open, tabulate, take a reading, take account of, take exception, take issue, tally, tap, tear, tear open, thrash, thresh, throw off, throw open, throw out, transect, triangulate, type, uncouple, unyoke, valuate, value, vary, vote, wall off, water parting, watershed, weigh, winnow, withdraw, withhold assent, work out, zone

ROGET THESAURUS

Divide

Choice

VB offers one's choice, set before, hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative, put to the vote, use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option, adopt, take up, embrace, espouse, choose, elect, opt for, take one's choice, make one's choice, make choice of, fix upon, vote, poll, hold up one's hand, divide, settle, decide, list, make up one's mind, select, pick and choose, pick out, single out, cull, glean, winnow, sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, pick up, pitch upon, pick one's way, indulge one's fancy, set apart, mark out for, mark, prefer, have rather, have as lief, fancy, be persuaded, take a decided step, take a decisive step, commit oneself to a course, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, cast in one's lot with, take for better or for worse.

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

Part

VB part, divide, break, partition.

Arrangement

VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

Numeration

VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.

bisection

VB bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize, go halves, divide with, separate, fork, bifurcate, branch off, out, ramify.

Apportionment

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.