divides

Definition of divides in English English dictionary: third-person singular of divide
digital divides: plural form of digital divide
continental divides: plural form of continental divide
divide: Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing
divide: A distancing between two people or things
There is a great divide between us.
divide: A thing that divides
Stay on your side of the divide, please.
divide: To separate into two or more parts
divide: An act of dividing
The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.
divide: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
divide: {v} to part, separate, distribute, give
divide: 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
divide: disapproval You use divide and rule to refer to a policy which is intended to keep someone in a position of power by causing disagreements between people who might otherwise unite against them. The government's policies of divide and rule have only contributed to the volatility of the region
divide: To prepare a plant by splitting into 2 or more parts, each with its own root system and one ore more shoots
divide: to separate into parts; split up
divide: A ridge of land that separates two drainage areas or watersheds
divide: To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant
divide: {i} dividing ridge between drainage areas, watershed; line of division
divide: The image on the left illustrates a normal layer mode and the image on the right shows the same two layers in divide mode
divide: To share (something) by dividing it
divide: A ridge or elevated area that determines the direction of runoff flowing from adjacent slopes or basins The boundary line between adjacent drainage basins
divide: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
divide: an imaginary line on the higher ground (ridge) that separates the drainage basin of one stream from another
divide: When people or things are divided or divide into smaller groups or parts, they become separated into smaller parts. The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors It will be easiest if we divide them into groups Divide the pastry in half and roll out each piece We divide into pairs and each pair takes a region Bacteria reproduce by dividing and making copies of themselves. = split
divide: To break friendship; to fall out
divide: To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend)
divide: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"
divide: The line of separation, or the summit area, or narrow tract of higher ground that constitutes the watershed boundary between two adjacent drainage basins; it divides the surface waters that flow naturally in one direction from those that flow in the opposite direction
divide: To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder
divide: To have a share; to partake
divide: To split or separate (something) into two or more parts
divide: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
divide: The topographic ridge that separates drainage basins
divide: To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations
divide: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
divide: To dig up a plant, usually perennial, and split it into two or more smaller plants preserving some of the roots and top growth in each new plant Back to alphabetical list
divide: To subject to arithmetical division
divide: To cause separation; to disunite
divide: To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts
divide: If a border or line divides two areas or divides an area into two, it keeps the two areas separate from each other. remote border areas dividing Tamil and Muslim settlements. the long frontier dividing Mexico from the United States. = separate
divide: 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
divide: To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance
divide: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
divide: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
divide: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
divide: make a division or separation
divide: If you divide a larger number by a smaller number or divide a smaller number into a larger number, you calculate how many times the smaller number can fit exactly into the larger number. Measure the floor area of the greenhouse and divide it by six
divide: If you divide something among people or things, you separate it into several parts or quantities which you distribute to the people or things. Divide the sauce among 4 bowls. = share
divide: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
divide: If people divide over something or if something divides them, it causes strong disagreement between them. She has done more to divide the Conservatives than anyone else The party is likely to divide along ideological lines. unite
divide: To separate into species; - - said of a genus or generic term
divide: A divide is a significant distinction between two groups, often one that causes conflict. a deliberate attempt to create a Hindu-Muslim divide in India. = rift
divide: To be a factor of
divide: {f} separate into parts; apportion; part; separate; share
divide: A divide is a moment in time or a point in a process when there is a complete change from one situation to another. The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth. = watershed
divide: to do division -- " and not in the information given, then divide " (192)
divide: 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
divide: A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed
divide: 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
divide: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
divide: A ridge separating two adjacent drainage basins