divide : Idioms & Phrases


continental divide

  • noun the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
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divided highway

  • noun a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions
    dual carriageway.
    • in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway
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divided up

  • adjective satellite distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
    shared; divided; shared out.
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dividing line

  • noun a conceptual separation or distinction
    line; demarcation; contrast.
    • there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity
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great divide

  • noun that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States
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great dividing range

  • noun a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
    Eastern Highlands.
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