divide

1. A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) (synset 114006177)
   is a type of: disagreement, dissension, dissonance - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
2. A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems (synset 108697107)
   is a type of: line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
   subtypes: continental divide - the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
   specific instances: great divide - that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States
   same as: water parting, watershed

1. Separate into parts or portions (synset 202473085)
   "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   subtypes:

   • subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces
   • format, initialise, initialize - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
   • sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections
   • triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
   • unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units
   • lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example
   • parcel - divide into parts
   • sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters
   • paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text
   • canton - divide into cantons, of a country
   • balkanise, balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
   same as: carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up
2. Perform a division (synset 200643760)
   "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
   referred to in: arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
   is a type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation
   subtypes:

   • halve - divide by two; divide into halves
   • quarter - divide by four; divide into quarters
   same as: fraction
3. Act as a barrier between;
   Stand between (synset 202627934)
   "The mountain range divides the two countries"
   same as: separate
4. Come apart (synset 201560556)
   "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • subdivide - form into subdivisions
   • polarise, polarize - become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
   • break up, calve - release ice
   • break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off - break off (a piece from a whole)
   • disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjoint
   • come away, come off, detach - come to be detached
   • segregate - divide from the main body or mass and collect
   • segment - divide or split up
   • reduce - undergo meiosis
   • section, segment - divide into segments
   • partition, partition off - divide into parts, pieces, or sections
   • discerp, dismember, take apart - divide into pieces
   • gerrymander - divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
   same as: part, separate
5. Make a division or separation (synset 202035003)
   subtypes:

   • partition, zone - separate or apportion into sections
   • break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
   • break up, dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter - to cause to separate and go in different directions
   • rail, rail off - separate with a railing
   • detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
   • close off, shut off - isolate or separate
   same as: separate
6. Force, take, or pull apart (synset 201559703)
   "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
   causes: divide, part, separate - come apart
   is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   subtypes:

   • compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up - separate into isolated compartments or categories
   • polarise, polarize - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions
   • isolate, keep apart, sequester, sequestrate, set apart - set apart from others
   • disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
   • disarticulate, disjoint - separate at the joints
   • disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
   • cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
   • tear - to separate or be separated by force
   • joint - separate (meat) at the joint
   • gin - separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
   • break - separate from a clinch, in boxing
   • break up, sever - set or keep apart
   • bust, rupture, snap, tear - separate or cause to separate abruptly
   same as: disunite, part, separate

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