Definitions for divides

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divides di·vide

Spelling: [dih-vahyd]

IPA: /dɪˈvaɪd/

Divides is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in divides (ddeiisv).

Definitions for divides

noun

1. a division:
2. Physical Geography. the line or zone of higher ground between two adjacent streams or drainage basins.
3. Archaic. the act of dividing.

verb (used with object)

1. to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
2. to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off.
3. to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion.
4. to cleave; part.
5. to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree:
6. to distinguish the kinds of; classify.
7. Mathematics. to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division; apply the mathematical process of division to: to be a divisor of, without a remainder.
8. to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.).
9. British Government. to separate (a legislature, assembly, etc.) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question.

verb (used without object)

1. to become divided or separated.
2. to share something with others.
3. to diverge; branch; fork:
4. to perform the mathematical process of division:
5. British Government. to vote by separating into two groups.

Origin of divides

1325-75; Middle English (Anglo-French divider) Latin dīvidere to separate, divide

Examples for divides

There is an extreme demonstration of this divide in the nation.

divide the breast into pieces according to the position of the bones.

divide them in pieces and split them, or cut them into slices.

divide the dough in half and very gently pat each half into a round 1-inch-thick disk.

“You can castigate the leaders; you can try and divide us by generation,” he said.

Together we can divide it; otherwise neither of us will get any of it.

Now to understand them words perfect you have got to divide the tex.

Well, you divide five thousand by ten, and you've got only five hundred left.

Bridging the divide between the police and those who distrust them will take more than protests and symbolic gestures.

divide batter into prepared ramekins, place ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake about 20 minutes.