The noun divide has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. divide -- (a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility))
2. watershed, water parting, divide -- (a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems)
Overview of verb divide
The verb divide has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (20) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")
2. (16) divide, fraction -- (perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?")
3. (4) separate, divide -- (act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries")
4. (2) separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")
5. (1) separate, divide -- (make a division or separation)
6. (1) separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")