'Subdivide' definitions:
Definition of 'subdivide'
From: WordNet
verb
Form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"
verb
Divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
Definition of 'Subdivide'
From: GCIDE
- Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing.] [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. [1913 Webster]
- The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Subdivide'
From: GCIDE
- Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subdivide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alphabetize,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- apportion,
- arrange,
- assay,
- assort,
- bifurcate,
- bisect,
- branch,
- break down,
- break up,
- by two,
- catalog,
- categorize,
- class,
- classify,
- cleave,
- codify,
- contradistinguish,
- cut in two,
- cut up,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- dichotomize,
- differentiate,
- digest,
- dimidiate,
- discriminate,
- dissect,
- distinguish,
- district,
- divide,
- divide up,
- divvy,
- divvy up,
- draw the line,
- file,
- fission,
- fork,
- grade,
- group,
- halve,
- in half,
- index,
- list,
- mark the interface,
- order,
- parcel,
- parcel out,
- partition,
- pick out,
- pigeonhole,
- place,
- portion,
- ramify,
- range,
- rank,
- rate,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- resolve,
- screen,
- screen out,
- section,
- segment,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- sort,
- sort out,
- split,
- split hairs,
- split in two,
- split up,
- subtilize,
- tabulate,
- transect,
- type,
- winnow,
- zone