parted Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb go one's own way; move apart
part; split; separate.
- The friends separated after the party
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verb discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
break; break up; separate; split up; part; split.
- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
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verb leave
depart; set forth; set off; start out; start; part; set out; take off.
- The family took off for Florida
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verb come apart
part; divide; separate.
- The two pieces that we had glued separated
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verb force, take, or pull apart
part; disunite; divide; separate.
- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
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adjective satellite having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
WordNet
Part"ed adjective
Definitions
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Separated; devided. -
Endowed with parts or abilities. Obs. B. Jonson. -
(Bot.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; Gray.as, three- .parted , five-parted , etc