subdivide
(verb) divide into smaller and smaller pieces; “This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!”
subdivide
(verb) form into subdivisions; “The cells subdivided”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subdivide (third-person singular simple present subdivides, present participle subdividing, simple past and past participle subdivided)
(ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
(real estate) To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
(ambitransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub`di*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing.] Etym: [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide.]
Definition: To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden.
Sub`di*vide", v. i.
Definition: To be, or to become, subdivided.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
