To split into parts, usually equal. Also means to share between or equally.
[v] - separate into parts or portions 2. [v] - perform a division
Di·vide' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Divided ; present participle & verbal noun Dividing .] [ Latin dividere , divisum ; di- = dis- + root signifying to part ; confer Sanskrit vyadh
Di·vide' intransitive verb 1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton. « The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.» J. Peile. 2. To cause separation; to disunite. « A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between isla...
Di·vide' noun A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed. 
1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. 'Divide the living child in two.' (1 Kings III. 25) ... 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. 'Let it divide the waters from the ...
noun a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
verb make a division or separation
• (v. t.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. • (v. t.) 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. • (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. • (v. t.) To cause to be separate; to ke...
The topographic ridge that separates drainage basins.
A ridge of high ground separating two drainage basins emptied by different streams.
A ridge separating two adjacent drainage basins.
A ridge of high ground separating two drainage basins emptied by different streams.