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1. Having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes

1. Go one's own way; move apart
   "The friends parted after the party";
   - separate, split
    
2. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   "The couple parted after 25 years of marriage";
   - separate, split up, split, break, break up
    
3. Head for somewhere else
   "The family parted for Florida";
   - depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
    
4. Move or break apart
   "The two pieces that we had glued parted";
   - separate, divide
    
5. Force, take, or pull apart
   "Moses parted the Red Sea";
   - separate, disunite, divide

See also: compound

Type of: change, displace, go away, go forth, leave, move, off [informal]

Encyclopedia: Parted