What is the meaning of dividing?

verb

• Separate into parts or portions.
  • usage: "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
  • synonyms: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
• Perform a division.
  • usage: "Can you divide 49 by seven"
  • synonyms: divide, fraction
• Act as a barrier between; stand between.
  • usage: "The mountain range divides the two countries"
  • synonyms: separate, divide
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: separate, divide, part
• Make a division or separation.
  • synonyms: separate, divide
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: separate, disunite, divide, part