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Verb: subdivide  ,súb-di'vId or 'súb-du,vId
  1. Divide into smaller and smaller pieces
    "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
     
  2. Form into subdivisions
    "The cells subdivided"

Derived forms: subdividing, subdivided, subdivides

Type of: carve up, dissever [rare], divide, part, separate, split, split up

Encyclopedia: Subdivide