1. (

• divide

) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility) ;

2. (

• watershed ,
• water_parting ,
• divide

) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems ;

1. (

• divide ,
• split ,
• split_up ,
• separate ,
• dissever ,
• carve_up

) separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" ;

2. (

• divide ,
• fraction

) perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" ;

3. (

• separate ,
• divide

) act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries" ;

4. (

• separate ,
• divide ,
• part

) come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" ;

5. (

• separate ,
• divide

) make a division or separation ;

6. (

• separate ,
• disunite ,
• divide ,
• part ,

) force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" ;