1. Separated into parts or pieces
   "opinions are divided"
    
2. Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
   "The divided up land was allocated to different families in the community";
   - divided up, shared, shared out
    
3. Having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
   "a divided highway";
   - dual-lane

1. Separate into parts or portions
   "divide the cake into three equal parts";
   - split, split up, separate, dissever [rare], carve up
    
2. (arithmetic) perform a division
   "Can you divide 49 by seven?";
   - fraction
    
3. Make a division or separation
   "They divided the class into small groups";
   - separate
    
4. Move or break apart
   "The crowd divided to let the ambulance through";
   - separate, part
    
5. Force, take, or pull apart
   "He divided the fighting children";
   - separate, disunite, part
    
6. Act as a barrier between; stand between
   "The mountain range divides the two countries";
   - separate

See also: bicameral, bifid, bifurcate, bifurcated, bilocular, biloculate, biramous, bisulcate, bite-size, bite-sized, black-and-white, branched, carve, chambered, cleft, cloven, dichotomous, disconnected, disjointed, disjunct, distributed, distributive, disunited, episodic, episodical, forficate, forked, fork-like, four-pronged, fragmented, many-chambered, metameric, mullioned, multilane, pentamerous, pronged, prongy, sectional, sectioned, segmental, segmented, segregated, separate, split, three-pronged, tined, torn, trifid, two-chambered, two-pronged, unintegrated

Type of: act, calculate, change, change integrity, cipher, compute, cypher, displace, figure [N. Amer], move, reckon, work, work out

Antonym: multiply, united

Encyclopedia: Divided