divide

Meanings

• a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
• a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
• separate into parts or portions
  • "divide the cake into three equal parts"
• perform a division
  • "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
• act as a barrier between; stand between
  • "The mountain range divides the two countries"
• come apart
• make a division or separation
• force, take, or pull apart

Synonyms

carve up, dissever, disunite, fraction, part, separate, split, split up, water parting, watershed