divide
/dɪˈvaɪd/ noun B1- A thing that divides. · Stay on your side of the divide, please.
- An act of dividing. · The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.
- A distancing between two people or things. · There is a great divide between us.
- A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land. · If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first.· The team crossed streams and jumped across deep, narrow divides in the glacier.
- The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
Plural divides
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I used to divide my soup and beans with you when you were hungry.”
“Doubtless; but there is no occasion to divide the honors of my discovery with him.
Darcy was almost as far from her as the table could divide them.
“‘You will sell this diamond; you will divide the money into five equal parts, and give an equal portion to these good friends, the only persons who have loved me upon earth.’”
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