divine service
- n the act of public worship following prescribed rules
divestiture
- n an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly - n the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
divi-divi
- n twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin
- n small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin
divide
- n a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
- n a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
- v separate into parts or portions
divide the cake into three equal parts - v perform a division
Can you divide 49 by seven? - v act as a barrier between; stand between
The mountain range divides the two countries - v come apart
- v make a division or separation
- v force, take, or pull apart