divide
di vahyd
- 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
- The hypothetical bridge over the digital divide may be well-intended, but Davos may not be the best place to start construction.
- Social as well as economic differences still divide the two halves of the city.
- They see him as a man who cannot only repair the growing divide between Democrats and Republicans but also ease racial tensions that persist more than four decades after Martin .