divided
 (a.)分開的,分裂的


 divided
 除 分割


 Di·vide v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.]
 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 waters.   --Gen. i. 6.
 3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.
    True justice unto people to divide.   --Spenser.
    Ye shall divide the land by lot.   --Num. xxxiii. 54.
 4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
    If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.   --Mark iii. 24.
    Every family became now divided within itself.   --Prescott.
 5. 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.
 6. Math. To subject to arithmetical division.
 7. Logic To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.
 8. Mech. To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.
 9. Music To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.]
 Syn: -- To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.


 Di·vid·ed, a.
 1. Parted; disunited; distributed.
 2. Bot. Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.

 ◄ ►


 divided
      adj 1: separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided" [ant:
              united]
      2: having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic
         moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway" [syn: dual-lane]
      3: distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan
         or purpose [syn: divided up, shared, shared out]