English > divide: 8 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | separate into parts or portions. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "divide the cake into three equal parts" |
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| Synonyms | split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up |
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| Narrower | Balkanize, Balkanise | divide a territory into small, hostile states |
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| canton | divide into cantons, of a country |
| format, initialize, initialise | divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data |
| lot | divide into lots, as of land, for example |
| paragraph | divide into paragraphs, as of text |
| parcel | divide into parts |
| sectionalize, sectionalise | divide into sections, especially into geographic sections |
| sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters |
| subdivide | divide into smaller and smaller pieces |
| triangulate | divide into triangles / triangles or give a triangular form to |
| unitize, unitise | divide (bulk material) and process as units |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
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| Opposite | unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief |
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| Spanish | desdoblar, desunir, dividir, escindir, fragmentar, partir, repartir, separar |
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| Catalan | desdoblar, dividir, partir, repartir, separar |
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| Adjectives | divisible | capable of being or liable to be divided or separated |
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| Nouns | divider | a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) |
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| divider | a person who separates something into parts or groups |
| divider | a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics / characteristics |
| division | the act or process of dividing |
English > divide: 8 senses > verb 4, contact| Meaning | come apart. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
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| Synonyms | separate, part |
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| Caused by | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
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| Entailed by | share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal | Give out as one's portion or share |
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| Narrower | calve, break up | Release ice |
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| chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off | break off (a piece from a whole) |
| detach, come off, come away | Come to be detached |
| disjoin, disjoint | Become separated, disconnected or disjoint |
| dismember, take apart, discerp | divide into pieces |
| gerrymander | divide unfairly and to one's advantage |
| partition, partition off | divide into parts, pieces, or sections |
| polarize, polarise | Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation |
| reduce | Undergo meiosis |
| segment, section | divide into segments / segments |
| segment | divide or split up |
| segregate | divide from the main body or mass and collect |
| subdivide | form into subdivisions |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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| Spanish | dividirse, dividir, escindir, partir, separarse, separar |
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| Catalan | dividir-se, dividir, escindir, partir, separar-se, separar |
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| Adjectives | divisible | capable of being or liable to be divided or separated |
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English > divide: 8 senses > verb 6, contact| Meaning | Force, take, or pull apart. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
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| Synonyms | separate, disunite, part |
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| Cause to | separate, divide, part | come apart |
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| Entailed by | unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick | Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of |
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| Narrower | break | separate from a clinch, in boxing |
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| compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up | separate into isolated compartments or categories / categories |
| cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten |
| disjoin, disjoint | make disjoint, separated, or disconnected |
| disjoint, disarticulate | separate at the joints |
| gin | separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin |
| joint | separate (meat) at the joint |
| polarize, polarise | Cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions |
| sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate | set apart from others |
| sever, break up | set or keep apart |
| tear, rupture, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly |
| tear | To separate or be separated by force |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Spanish | dividir, separar |
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| Catalan | dividir, separar |
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