divide 1

verbdomain: v society

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

separate into parts or portions

Examples

Antonym

verb

act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

Derivationally related form

adjective

capable of being or liable to be divided or separated

noun

the act or process of dividing

noun

a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

noun

a person who separates something into parts or groups

noun

a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

Hyponym

verb

divide into smaller and smaller pieces

verb

divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

verb

divide into sections, especially into geographic sections

verb

divide into triangles or give a triangular form to

verb

divide (bulk material) and process as units