dividing 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

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