DIVIDES — Definition of DIVIDES
noun
1
A thing that divides.
Stay on your side of the divide, please.
2
An act of dividing.
The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.
3
A distancing between two people or things.
There is a great divide between us.
4
A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.
verb
1
To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns
2
To share (something) by dividing it.
How shall we divide this pie?
3
(with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2.
4
To be a divisor of.
3 divides 6.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/divide
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