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divide

(d/I/'v/aI/d )

a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)(noun.state)

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a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems(noun.location)

Synonym:
water parting, watershed

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A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.(noun)

source: webster1913

separate into parts or portions(verb.social)

Example:
Divide the cake into three equal parts.

Synonym:
carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up
Antonym:
unify, unite

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perform a division(verb.cognition)

Example:
Can you divide 49 by seven?.

Synonym:
fraction
Antonym:
multiply

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act as a barrier between; stand between(verb.stative)

Example:
The mountain range divides the two countries.

Synonym:
separate

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come apart(verb.contact)

Synonym:
break up, part, separate

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make a division or separation(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
force, take, or pull apart(verb.contact)

Synonym:
disunite, part, separate

source: wordnet30
To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.(verb)

source: webster1913

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