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      divide
      noun
      A thing that divides.
      An act of dividing.
      A distancing between two people or things.
      (hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
      (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
      verb
      (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
      (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
      (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
      (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
      (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
      (transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
      To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
      To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
      (intransitive, biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
      (music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
      To mark divisions on; to graduate.
      (obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
      (obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
      Roots
      dividovid- · Latin · divide, separate
      Synonyms for divide
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      Words related to divide
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