to divide (between
41divide — Watershed Wa ter*shed , n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide; wasser water + scheide a place where two things separate, fr. scheiden to separate.] [1913 Webster] 1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.… …
42divide — verb 1) he divided his kingdom into four Syn: split (up), cut up, carve up, dissect, bisect, halve, quarter 2) a curtain divided her cabin from the galley Syn: separate, segregate, partition …
43divide — di•vide [[t]dɪˈvaɪd[/t]] v. vid•ed, vid•ing, n. 1) to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc 2) to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off 3) to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion 4) to cleave; part 5) to… …
44divide — A summit area or tract of high ground, which can vary from broad to narrow, or a line of separation that constitutes a watershed boundary between adjacent drainage basins; a divide separates surface waters that flow naturally in one direction… …
45divide something between — separate into portions and share out. → divide …
46divide your time between — to do one thing or be in one place for some of the time, and to do another thing or be in another place for the rest of the time She divides her time between teaching and research …
47divide — di·vide || dɪ vaɪd n. dividing ridge between drainage areas, watershed; line of division v. separate into parts; apportion; part; separate; share …
48divide and conquer — v. separate in order to control, strategy of keeping a people or enemy separated into small groups in order to dominate them and prevent effective resistance, win by making one s opponents to fight between themselves …
49divide — I. v. a. 1. Sever, sunder, part, separate, cleave, disunite. 2. Keep apart, put a barrier between. 3. Make hostile, make discordant, set at variance, disunite, alienate, estrange. 4. Distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, mete, dispense,… …
50divide — v 1. cut, sever, dissever, split, rend, sunder, dispart, cleave, rive; bisect, halve, quarter, intersect; subdivide, compart, partition, repartition, demarcate. 2. separate, part, disconnect, detach, disjoin; diverge, branch, fork, open,… …
