'Divided' definitions:
Definition of 'divided'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided" [ant: united]
adjective
Having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway" [syn: divided, dual-lane]
adjective
Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose [syn: divided, divided up, shared, shared out]
Definition of 'Divided'
From: GCIDE
- Divide \Di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.]
- 1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. [1913 Webster]
- Divide the living child in two. --1 Kings iii. 25. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. [1913 Webster]
- Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. [1913 Webster]
- True justice unto people to divide. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall divide the land by lot. --Num. xxxiii. 54. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. [1913 Webster]
- If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. --Mark iii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- Every family became now divided within itself. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] --Spenser.
- Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Divided'
From: GCIDE
- Divided \Di*vid"ed\, a.
- 1. Parted; disunited; distributed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'divided'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienated,
- bifurcated,
- bisected,
- branched,
- branching,
- cleft,
- cloven,
- detached,
- dichotomous,
- dimidiate,
- disaffected,
- disarticulated,
- disconnected,
- disengaged,
- disjoined,
- disjoint,
- disjointed,
- disjunct,
- dislocated,
- dispersed,
- disunited,
- divorced,
- estranged,
- forked,
- forking,
- halved,
- irreconcilable,
- isolated,
- ramified,
- removed,
- riven,
- scattered,
- segregated,
- separated,
- sequestered,
- shut off,
- split,
- torn
Words containing 'Divided'
- Dividable,
- Dividant,
- Divide,
- Dividedly,
- Divident,
- Divider,
- Dividing,
- Dividingly,
- divided up,
- Divide County,
- Divide, ND,
- Dividing engine,
- Dividing sinker,
- Hair divider,
- continental divide,
- divided highway,
- dividing line,
- great divide,
- potential divider,
- voltage divider,
- Divide County, ND,
- great dividing range,
- scales compasses dividers,
- divided divided up shared shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose