divided, divided up, shared, shared out
(adjective) distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
divided, dual-lane
(adjective) having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions; “a divided highway”
divided
(adjective) separated into parts or pieces; “opinions are divided”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
divided
simple past tense and past participle of divide
divided (comparative more divided, superlative most divided)
separated or split into pieces
having conflicting interests or emotions
disunited
(US) (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median
• undivided
• combined
• unified
• viddied
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vid"ed, a.
1. Parted; disunited; distributed.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; - - said of a leaf.
Di*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.] Etym: [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.]
1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. Divide the living child in two. 1 Kings iii. 25.
2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. Let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6.
3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. True justice unto people to divide. Spenser. Ye shall divide the land by lot. Num. xxxiii. 54.
4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.
5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.
6. (Math.)
Definition: To subject to arithmetical division.
7. (Logic)
Definition: To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.
8. (Mech.)
Definition: To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
9. (Music)
Definition: To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn.
– To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
Di*vide", v. i.
1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton. The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups. J. Peile.
2. To cause separation; to disunite. A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest. Bancroft.
3. To break friendship; to fall out. Shak.
4. To have a share; to partake. Shak.
5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes. The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals. Gibbon.
Di*vide", n.
Definition: A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
