divide (verb)
21divide into — di ˈvide into [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they divide into he/she/it divides into present participle dividing into past tense divided into …
22divide — [14] Etymologically, divide shares its underlying notion of ‘separation’ with widow ‘woman parted from or bereft of her husband’, which comes ultimately from the same source. English acquired it from Latin dīvidere ‘split up, divide’. This was a… …
23divide off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms divide off : present tense I/you/we/they divide off he/she/it divides off present participle dividing off past tense divided off past participle divided off to keep one area separate from another the fence… …
24divide — [14] Etymologically, divide shares its underlying notion of ‘separation’ with widow ‘woman parted from or bereft of her husband’, which comes ultimately from the same source. English acquired it from Latin dīvidere ‘split up, divide’. This was a… …
25divide off — di ˌvide ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they divide off he/she/it divides off present participle dividing off …
26divide into — phr verb Divide into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑camp, ↑fourth, ↑module, ↑part, ↑quarter, ↑region, ↑section, ↑sector, ↑square, ↑third, ↑unit, ↑zon …
27divide up — phr verb Divide up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑partition …
28divide and conquer — 1. verb a) A combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy. b)… …
29divide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. separate; partition, allot, assign; split [up], part; distribute, share; divvy (sl.). See apportionment, disjunction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To separate by parting] Syn. separate, part, cut up,… …
30divide off — PHRASAL VERB If something divides an area off, it forms a barrier that keeps it separate from another area. [V P n (not pron)] ...a bamboo partition dividing off another room for the girls. [Also V n P] …
