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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Divide, CO
    Zip code(s): 80814
  Divide, MT
    Zip code(s): 59727

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Watershed \Wa"ter*shed`\, n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide; wasser water
     + scheide a place where two things separate, fr. scheiden to
     separate.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to
        the supply of a river or lake.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes
        with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into
        them; the natural boundary of a basin; -- called also
        divide and water parting.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. a point in time marking an important transition between
        two situations, or phases of an activity; a turning point.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Divide \Di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root
     signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to
     L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.]
     1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts
        or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Divide the living child in two.       --1 Kings iii.
                                                    25.
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     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i.
                                                    6.
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     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              True justice unto people to divide.   --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ye shall divide the land by lot.      --Num. xxxiii.
                                                    54.
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     4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or
        hostile; to set at variance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
              can not stand.                        --Mark iii.
                                                    24.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Every family became now divided within itself.
                                                    --Prescott.
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     5. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or
        generic term.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a
        sextant.
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     9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
        variations. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite;
          detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Divide \Di*vide"\, v. i.
     1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.
        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.
                                                    --J. Peile.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cause separation; to disunite.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between
              islands, divide less than the matted forest.
                                                    --Bancroft.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To break friendship; to fall out. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To have a share; to partake. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their
              equals.                               --Gibbon.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Divide \Di*vide"\, n.
     A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two
     streams; also called watershed and water parting. A
     divide on either side of which the waters drain into two
     different oceans is called a continental divide.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Divide \Di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root
     signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to
     L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.]
     1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts
        or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.
  
              Divide the living child in two.       --1 Kings iii.
                                                    25.
  
     2. 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.
  
              Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i.
                                                    6.
  
     3. 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.
  
              True justice unto people to divide.   --Spenser.
  
              Ye shall divide the land by lot.      --Num. xxxiii.
                                                    54.
  
     4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or
        hostile; to set at variance.
  
              If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
              can not stand.                        --Mark iii.
                                                    24.
  
              Every family became now divided within itself.
                                                    --Prescott.
  
     5. 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.
  
     6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.
  
     7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or
        generic term.
  
     8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a
        sextant.
  
     9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
        variations. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite;
          detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Divide \Di*vide"\, v. i.
     1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.
        --Milton.
  
              The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.
                                                    --J. Peile.
  
     2. To cause separation; to disunite.
  
              A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between
              islands, divide less than the matted forest.
                                                    --Bancroft.
  
     3. To break friendship; to fall out. --Shak.
  
     4. To have a share; to partake. --Shak.
  
     5. 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.
  
              The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their
              equals.                               --Gibbon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Divide \Di*vide"\, n.
     A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two
     streams; a watershed.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  divide
       n 1: a serious disagreement between two groups of people
            (typically producing tension or hostility)
       2: a ridge of land that separates 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ορόσημο
     2 υδροκρίτης
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 διαιρώ
     2 διαιρούμαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la dīvidō  2 s pres actv impr)
     n.
     1 A thing that divides.
     2 An act of dividing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or
  more parts.
     2 (lb en transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
     3 (lb en transitive arithmetic with by) To calculate the number (the
  quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to
  produce a second given number (the dividend).
     4 (lb en transitive arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
     6 (lb en intransitive biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
     7 To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile;
  to set at variance.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
     10 To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, 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.
     11 To mark divisions on; to graduate.
     12 (lb en music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
  variations.
     Romanian vb.
     (lb ro transitive reflexive) to (l en divide)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     n.
     1 A thing that divides.
     2 An act of dividing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or
  more parts.
     2 (lb en transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
     3 (lb en transitive arithmetic with by) To calculate the number (the
  quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to
  produce a second given number (the dividend).
     4 (lb en transitive arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
     6 (lb en intransitive biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
     7 To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile;
  to set at variance.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
     10 To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, 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.
     11 To mark divisions on; to graduate.
     12 (lb en music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
  variations.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la dīvidō  2 s pres actv impr)
     n.
     1 A thing that divides.
     2 An act of dividing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or
  more parts.
     2 (lb en transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
     3 (lb en transitive arithmetic with by) To calculate the number (the
  quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to
  produce a second given number (the dividend).
     4 (lb en transitive arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
     6 (lb en intransitive biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
     7 To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile;
  to set at variance.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
     10 To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, 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.
     11 To mark divisions on; to graduate.
     12 (lb en music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
  variations.
     Romanian vb.
     (lb ro transitive reflexive) to (l en divide)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la dīvidō  2 s pres actv impr)
     n.
     1 A thing that divides.
     2 An act of dividing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or
  more parts.
     2 (lb en transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
     3 (lb en transitive arithmetic with by) To calculate the number (the
  quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to
  produce a second given number (the dividend).
     4 (lb en transitive arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
     6 (lb en intransitive biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
     7 To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile;
  to set at variance.
     8 (lb en obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
     10 To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, 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.
     11 To mark divisions on; to graduate.
     12 (lb en music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with
  variations.
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: dividir)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     Espanja vb.
     (es-v-taivm 3 divid e)
     Italia vb.
     (it-v-taivm 2 d ivid e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  divide
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg matematik språk=en) dividera
     2 dela, ge upphov till mindre delar

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  divide /dɪvˈaɪd/
  afskei, afsonder

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Divide /dɪvˈaɪd/
  التقسيم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  divide //dɪˈvaɪd// 
  1. деля́
  calculate quotient
  2. разде́лям 2.
  divide up; share by dividing
   3.
  split into two or more parts
  3. деля се
  of a cell
  4. разделям
  separate into two or more parts