The Meaning of divide

• (v. t.) To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
• (v. t.) To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.
• (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.
• (v. t.) To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
• (v. t.) To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.
• (v. t.) To subject to arithmetical division.
• (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.
• (v. t.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
• (v. t.) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
• (v. i.) To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.
• (v. i.) To cause separation; to disunite.
• (v. i.) To break friendship; to fall out.
• (v. i.) To have a share; to partake.
• (v. i.) To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
• (n.) A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

Synonyms

watershed , water parting , split , split up , separate , dissever , carve up , fraction , separate , separate , part , separate , separate , disunite , part

Antonyms

unite , multiply

Rhymes

abide , actinide , allied , alongside , apartheid , applied , arsenide , aside , astride , backside , backslide , bayside , bedside , belied , beside , betide , bide , blindside , bride , broadside , bromide , burnside , carbide , certified , chide , clarified , classified , clyde , cockeyed , codified , coincide , collide , complied , confide , countryside , cried , cyanide , decertified , decide , declassified , decried , defied , denied , deride , died , dignified , dioxide , disqualified , dissatisfied , diversified , dockside , downside , dried , dyed , eid , eide , eyed , fireside , flied , fluoride , formaldehyde , fortified , fratricide , fried , fungicide , genocide , germicide , glide , glucoside , glycoside , gratified , gride , guide , guyed , halide , heid , heide , herbicide , hide , hillside , homicide , horrified , hyde , hydride , hydrosulfide , ide , identified , implied , infanticide , insecticide , inside , intensified , iodide , ironside , joyride , justified , lakeside , landslide , lied , liquefied , liquide , lyde , macbride , magnified , malahide , mcbride , mcbryde , misapplied , misguide , misidentified , modified , mollified , monosaccharide , mortified , mountainside , multiplied , nationwide , nonqualified , nucleotide , nullified , occupied , oceanside , ossified , outside , overqualified , override , oversimplified , oversupplied , oxide , pacified , peptide , peroxide , pesticide , pied , plied , polyamide , polysaccharide , pool-side , preoccupied , preside , pride , pried , prophesied , provide , pryde , purified , qualified , ratified , rawhide , reclassified , rectified , relied , replied , reside , reunified , ride , ringside , riverside , roadside , satisfied , scheid , schmied , seaside , seide , shied , side , sighed , signified , silverside , simplified , slide , snide , specified , spied , statewide , stratified , stride , subdivide , subside , suicide , sulfide , sunnyside , superoxide , supplied , syed , telluride , terrified , thalidomide , tide , tied , tried , triglyceride , unclassified , underside , undignified , unidentified , unified , unjustified , unoccupied , unqualified , unratified , unsatisfied , unspecified , untied , untried , unverified , upside , verified , vide , vied , wayside , westside , wide , worldwide , wyden , yuletide