divide meaning and definition

DIVIDE noun

Definition of divide (noun)

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
   • synonyms: water parting, watershed

DIVIDE verb

Definition of divide (verb)

1. separate into parts or portions
   • "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
   • synonyms: carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up
   • antonym: unify
2. perform a division
   • "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
   • synonyms: fraction
   • antonym: multiply
3. act as a barrier between; stand between
   • "The mountain range divides the two countries"
   • synonyms: separate
4. come apart
   • "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
   • synonyms: part, separate
5. make a division or separation
   • synonyms: separate
6. force, take, or pull apart
   • "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
   • synonyms: disunite, part, separate