divides
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Definitions
noun
- A thing that divides.“Stay on your side of the divide, please.”
- An act of dividing.“The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.”
- A distancing between two people or things.“There is a great divide between us.”
- 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
- To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.“a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns”
- To share (something) by dividing it.“How shall we divide this pie?”
- (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.”
- To be a divisor of.“3 divides 6.”
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