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.”

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.”

Synonyms: separate, shear, split, split up, divide up, divvy up, share, share out