1. • noun - a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
   • noun - a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
   • verb - separate into parts or portions
   • verb - perform a division
   • verb - act as a barrier between
   • verb - come apart
   • verb - make a division or separation
   • verb - force, take, or pull apart
2. • To separate into parts, sections, groups, or branches.
   • To sector into units of measurement; graduate.
   • To separate and group according to kind; classify.
   • To separate into opposing factions; disunite: “They want not to divide either the Revolution or the Church but to be an integral part of both” (Conor Cruise O’Brien).
   • To cause (members of a parliament) to vote by separating into groups, as pro and con.
   • To separate from something else; cut off: divided the boys from the girls for gym class.
   • To apportion among a number.
   • Mathematics.
   • To subject to the process of division.
   • To be an exact divisor of.
   • To become separated into parts.
   • To branch out, as a river.
   • To form into factions; take sides.
   • To vote by dividing.
   • To perform the operation of division.
   • To undergo cell division.
   • A dividing point or line: “would clearly tip the court... across a dangerous constitutional divide” (Lawrence H.
   • A ridge of land; a watershed.
3. • v - to separate into parts, areas, or groups

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