DIVIDE

v. 1 separate, split (up), break up, cleave, cut up or asunder, partition, segregate, subdivide; disconnect, disjoin, detach, sever, sunder, part Argyle divided his mountaineers into three regiments A divided nation cannot stand. Some would like to see Britain divided from continental Europe. 2 Sometimes, divide up. distribute, share (out), measure out, parcel out, partition, dole (out), deal (out), mete out, allocate, allot, apportion, dispense, give (out) The remaining food was divided among us 3 separate, split, cause to disagree, alienate, disunite, set at odds, sow dissension (among), pit or set against one another, disaffect Racial issues still divide the people 4 branch (out), ramify, split, separate The road divides there and passes on each side of that huge rock 5 categorize, classify, sort, assort, grade, group, (put in) order, rank, organize, arrange You have to divide the books into several piles according to size