Divide - Definition

n 1: a serious disagreement between two groups of people
(typically producing tension or hostility)
2: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
[syn: watershed, water parting, divide]
v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into
three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman
Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split
up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify,
unite]
2: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" [syn:
divide, fraction] [ant: multiply]
3: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range
divides the two countries" [syn: separate, divide]
4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
[syn: separate, divide, part]
5: make a division or separation [syn: separate, divide]
6: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate,
disunite, divide, part]