transitive verb divided di·vid′ed, dividing di·vid′·ing

1. to separate into parts; split up; sever
2. to separate into groups; classify
3. to make or keep separate by or as by a boundary or partition
4. to give out in shares; apportion; distribute
5. to cause disagreement between or among; alienate
6. to separate (a parliamentary body) into groups in voting on a question
7. Math.
   1. to separate into equal parts by a divisor
   2. to function as a divisor of
8. Mech. to mark off the divisions of; graduate; gradate

Etymology: ME dividen < L dividere, to separate, divide, distribute < di- (< dis-, apart) + base seen in vidua, widow < IE base *weidh-, to separate (prob. < wi-, apart + dhē, set, do)

intransitive verb

1. to be or become separate; part
2. to differ in opinion; disagree
3. to separate into groups in voting on a question: said of a parliament, esp. that of the United Kingdom
4. to share
5. Math.
   1. to do division
   2. to undergo division; be divisible (by)

noun

1. the act of dividing
2. ☆ a ridge that divides two drainage areas; watershed
3. a division; boundary