1. One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
   "The essay was well-organized with clear topic sentences for each paragraph";
   - para[2] [informal]

1. Divide into paragraphs, as of text
   "This story is well paragraphed"
    
2. Write about in a paragraph
   "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"
    
3. Write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
   "He paragraphed the article to improve its readability"

Derived forms: paragraphed, paragraphing, paragraphs

Type of: carve up, compose, dissever [rare], divide, indite [archaic], pen, piece of writing, separate, split, split up, write, writing, written material

Part of: text, textual matter

Encyclopedia: Paragraph