divided Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb separate into parts or portions
    divide; separate; split up; split; carve up; dissever.
    • divide the cake into three equal parts
    • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
  2. verb perform a division
    divide; fraction.
    • Can you divide 49 by seven?
  3. verb act as a barrier between; stand between
    divide; separate.
    • The mountain range divides the two countries
  4. verb come apart
    part; divide; separate.
    • The two pieces that we had glued separated
  5. verb make a division or separation
    divide; separate.
  6. verb force, take, or pull apart
    part; disunite; divide; separate.
    • He separated the fighting children
    • Moses parted the Red Sea
  7. adjective separated into parts or pieces
    • opinions are divided
  8. adjective satellite having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
    dual-lane.
    • a divided highway
  9. adjective satellite distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
    shared; shared out; divided up.

WordNet


Di*vid"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Parted; disunited; distributed.
  2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.

Webster 1913