Tra từ divide - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
• Hypernyms:
disagreement, dissension, dissonance
2. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
• Syn:
watershed, water parting
• Hypernyms:
line
• Hyponyms:
continental divide
• Instance Hyponyms:
Great Divide

II - verb

1. separate into parts or portions (Freq. 20)
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
• Syn:
split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
• Ant:
unite
• Derivationally related forms:
split (for: split), divisible, division, divider
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
subdivide, format, initialize, initialise, sectionalize,
sectionalise, triangulate, unitize, unitise, lot, parcel,
sliver, splinter, paragraph, canton, Balkanize, Balkanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. perform a division (Freq. 11)
- Can you divide 49 by seven?
• Syn:
fraction
• Ant:
multiply
• Derivationally related forms:
fraction (for: fraction), divisible, division
• Topics:
arithmetic
• Hypernyms:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure
• Hyponyms:
halve, quarter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. act as a barrier between;
stand between (Freq. 4)
- The mountain range divides the two countries
• Syn:
separate
• Derivationally related forms:
divider
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. come apart (Freq. 2)
- The two pieces that we had glued separated
• Syn:
separate, part
• Derivationally related forms:
partitive (for: part), divisible, separation (for: separate)
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
subdivide, polarize, polarise, calve, break up,
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off, disjoin,
disjoint, detach, come away, segregate, segment, reduce,
reduce, partition, partition off, dismember, take apart,
discerp, gerrymander
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. make a division or separation (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
separate
• Derivationally related forms:
divisible, division, separative (for: separate)
• Hyponyms:
partition, zone, break, disperse, dissipate,
dispel, break up, scatter, rail, rail off, detach,
shut off, close off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
6. force, take, or pull apart (Freq. 1)
- He separated the fighting children
- Moses parted the Red Sea
• Syn:
separate, disunite, part
• Derivationally related forms:
partitive (for: part), separation (for: separate)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up, polarize, polarise,
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate, disjoin,
disjoint, disarticulate, disconnect, cut, tear, joint,
joint, break, sever, break up, rupture,
snap, bust
• Cause:
separate, part
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody