Dividing - English meaning

verb

Divide into two parts.

Usage examples:

A landscape of ploughland bisected by long straight roads

verb

To divide into two usually equal parts

Usage examples:

The new road would bisect a designated historic district., the bisector of an angle/segment

noun

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough.

Usage examples:

Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple

verb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions.

Usage examples:

Follow this track south until it branches into two

verb

Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Usage examples:

The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire

verb

Stick fast to.

Usage examples:

Rose's mouth was dry, her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth

verb

To cut or break into two or more parts

Usage examples:

[ i ] the volcano cleaved nearly in half after its last eruption.

verb

Separate or disunite.

Usage examples:

They asked that their parish be disjoined from lewis and added to harris

verb

Methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts.

Usage examples:

An animal's eye can be easily dissected

verb

Cut open or cut apart

verb

To cut apart the body of an animal or plant in order to study its structure

Usage examples:

We had to dissect a frog in our biology class., the more experts dissect his tax revision plan, the…

verb

(of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction.

Usage examples:

The flight path diverged from the original flight plan

verb

To go in different directions from the same point, or to become different

Usage examples:

The tone of the final report isn’t likely to diverge much from the earlier report.

verb

If rates, values, or amounts diverge, the difference between them increases

Usage examples:

Tracking errors can cause funds to diverge slightly from the indices they follow., diverge sharply/…

noun

An implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.

Usage examples:

All these invite the sidelong glances of those who pretend not to be looking, as when in a restaura…

verb

(especially of a route) divide into two parts.

Usage examples:

The place where the road forks

noun

A pronged tool used for serving and eating food

verb

Divide into fractions or components.

Usage examples:

Samples were fractionated by electrophoresis

verb

Divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size.

Usage examples:

Halve the aubergine lengthways

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

verb

Split or tear apart violently.

Usage examples:

The party was riven by disagreements over europe

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

phrasal verb

To end a marriage or relationship

noun

An ending of a relationship or partnership; a separation.

Usage examples:

The band came to an inevitable split-up

verb

Split apart.

Usage examples:

A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war

verb

To break something apart

Usage examples:

The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship.