Divide

  • 41divide — [14] Etymologically, divide shares its underlying notion of ‘separation’ with widow ‘woman parted from or bereft of her husband’, which comes ultimately from the same source. English acquired it from Latin dīvidere ‘split up, divide’. This was a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42divide — verb 1》 separate or be separated into parts.     ↘(usu. divide something between) separate into portions and share out.     ↘form a boundary between. 2》 disagree or cause to disagree. 3》 Mathematics find how many times (a number) contains another …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 43divide — verb 1) he divided his kingdom into four Syn: split (up), cut up, carve up, dissect, bisect, halve, quarter 2) a curtain divided her cabin from the galley Syn: separate, segregate, partition …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 44divide — di•vide [[t]dɪˈvaɪd[/t]] v. vid•ed, vid•ing, n. 1) to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc 2) to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off 3) to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion 4) to cleave; part 5) to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45divide — vandenskyra statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Dviejų upių baseinų arba dviejų jūrų, vandenynų baseinų riba. atitikmenys: angl. divide; drainage divide; water parting; watershed vok. Wasserscheide, f rus. водораздел, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 46divide — [14] Etymologically, divide shares its underlying notion of ‘separation’ with widow ‘woman parted from or bereft of her husband’, which comes ultimately from the same source. English acquired it from Latin dīvidere ‘split up, divide’. This was a… …

    Word origins

  • 47divide — Watershed Wa ter*shed , n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide; wasser water + scheide a place where two things separate, fr. scheiden to separate.] [1913 Webster] 1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48divide — di·vide də vīd vb, di·vid·ed; di·vid·ing vt to separate into two or more parts <divide a nerve surgically> vi to undergo replication, multiplication, fission, or separation into parts <actively dividing cells> …

    Medical dictionary

  • 49divide — See separate. See separate, divide …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 50divide up — phr verb Divide up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑partition …

    Collocations dictionary