divide

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
  3. Verb.  (transitive, arithmetic) 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. Verb.  (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) (biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
  6. Noun.  A thing that divides.
  7. Noun.  An act of dividing.
  8. Noun.  A distancing between two people or things.
  9. Noun.  (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

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