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UK
/dɪvˈaɪd/
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[ US /dɪˈvaɪd/ ]
[ US /dɪˈvaɪd/ ]
VERB
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act as a barrier between; stand between
The mountain range divides the two countries -
come apart
The two pieces that we had glued separated -
force, take, or pull apart
He separated the fighting children
Moses parted the Red Sea -
perform a division
Can you divide 49 by seven? - make a division or separation
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separate into parts or portions
divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
NOUN
- a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
- a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
How To Use divide In A Sentence
- Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb. The Sun
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- The cells divide and change until they have a head and short tail, like tadpoles.
- I think the argument of race as a cause of criminality like Walter brings up is somewhat off-point - The reason why those racial divides in criminality show up is mainly because those lines go together with education - or rather: the lack of good education. Can a Godless Society be a
- Based on age, the children are divided into the primary, intermediate, junior and senior levels.
- LONDON, February 4/PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc ( "RDS") today announced an interim dividend in respect of the fourth quarter of 2009 of US$0. 42 per A and B ordinary share, an increase of 5% over the US dollar dividend for the same quarter last year. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- She was literally demanding your complete, undivided attention.
- The orbit of the earth (or the circle which the sun seems to describe round the earth), is called the ecliptic, which is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and are distinguished by the following names and marks, [again, the symbols for the signs can be seen in the A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses
- We must unite beyond the boundaries of race, class, belief systems and age that all too often divide us.