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Main Entry: 1di·vide
Pronunciation: d-vd
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): di·vid·ed; di·vid·ing 1 a: to separate into two or more parts or pieces b: to separate into classes or categories c: 2CLEAVE, PART 2 a: to give out in shares b: to own or use in common : SHARE 3: to cause to be separate, different, or apart from one another 4 a: to perform or use in mathematical division b: to subject (a number) to the operation of finding how many times it contains another number <divide 42 by 14> c: to use as a divisor <divide 14 into 42> 5 a: to undergo cell division <the cell divides> b: 2BRANCH 2, fork synonym see DISTRIBUTE, SEPARATE