English noun: divide | |||
1. | divide (state) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disagreement, dissension, dissonance | ||
2. | divide (location) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems | ||
Synonyms | water parting, watershed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | continental divide | ||
Instance hyponym | Great Divide | ||
English verb: divide | |||
1. | divide (social) separate into parts or portions | ||
Samples | Divide the cake into three equal parts. The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I. | ||
Synonyms | carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Balkanise, Balkanize, canton, format, initialise, initialize, lot, paragraph, parcel, sectionalise, sectionalize, sliver, splinter, subdivide, triangulate, unitise, unitize | ||
Antonyms | unite, unify | ||
2. | divide (cognition) perform a division | ||
Samples | Can you divide 49 by seven?. | ||
Synonyms | fraction | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | halve, quarter | ||
Domain category | arithmetic | ||
Antonyms | multiply | ||
3. | divide (stative) act as a barrier between; stand between | ||
Samples | The mountain range divides the two countries. | ||
Synonyms | separate | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
4. | divide (contact) come apart | ||
Samples | The two pieces that we had glued separated. | ||
Synonyms | part, separate | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | break away, break off, break up, calve, chip, chip off, come away, come off, come off, detach, discerp, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, gerrymander, partition, partition off, polarise, polarize, reduce, section, segment, segment, segregate, subdivide, take apart | ||
5. | divide (motion) make a division or separation | ||
Synonyms | separate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | break, break up, close off, detach, dispel, disperse, dissipate, partition, rail, rail off, scatter, shut off, zone | ||
6. | divide (contact) force, take, or pull apart | ||
Samples | He separated the fighting children. Moses parted the Red Sea. | ||
Synonyms | disunite, part, separate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | break, break up, bust, compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut, cut up, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, disjoint, gin, isolate, joint, keep apart, polarise, polarize, rupture, sequester, sequestrate, set apart, sever, snap, tear, tear | ||
Cause | divide, part, separate | ||