Definition of divide

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Divide (n.) A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

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Ratio :: Ratio (n.) The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a..
Sleave :: Sleave (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term..
Depart :: Depart (v. t.) To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
Numerate :: Numerate (v.) To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures..
Septemfluous :: Septemfluous (a.) Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents.
Dividable :: Dividable (a.) Capable of being divided; divisible.
Partite :: Partite (a.) Divided nearly to the base; as, a partite leaf is a simple separated down nearly to the base..
Party :: Party (v.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale..
Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite..
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Ninetieth :: Ninetieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.
Fissile :: Fissile (a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals..
Bilobate :: Bilobate (a.) Divided into two lobes or segments.
Sixty-fourth :: Sixty-fourth (a.) Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
Vergette :: Vergette (a.) Divided by pallets, or pales; paly..
Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..
Utes :: Utes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians..
Fifth :: Fifth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
Individuate :: Individuate (a.) Undivided.
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