ENGLISH: divide - CREOLE: divize



Overview of noun divide



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")

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