divide (
http://definr.com/divide)
n : a line that divides two adjacent river systems [syn:
watershed,
water parting]
v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire
after World War I" [syn:
split,
split up,
separate,
dissever,
carve up] [ant:
unite]
2: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" [syn:
fraction]
[ant:
multiply]
3: act as a barrier between; stand between: "The mountain range
divides the two countries" [syn:
separate]
4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
[syn:
separate,
part]
5: make a division or separation [syn:
separate]
6: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn:
separate,
disunite,
part]