divide (v.)

1.arrange or order by classes or categories"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

2.perform a division"Can you divide 49 by seven?"

3.force, take, or pull apart"He separated the fighting children" "Moses parted the Red Sea"

4.come apart"The two pieces that we had glued separated"

5.make a division or separation

6.separate into parts or portions"divide the cake into three equal parts" "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

7.act as a barrier between; stand between"The mountain range divides the two countries"

divide (n.)

1.a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

2.a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)