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