What is the meaning of divide?

noun

• A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility. )
• A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.
  • synonyms: watershed, water parting

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: split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
• Perform a division.
  • usage: "Can you divide 49 by seven"
  • synonyms: fraction
• Act as a barrier between; stand between.
  • usage: "The mountain range divides the two countries"
  • synonyms: separate
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: separate, part
• Make a division or separation.
  • synonyms: separate
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: separate, disunite, part