divide

IPA: dɪvˈaɪd

A thing that divides.
An act of dividing.
A distancing between two people or things.
(geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
(hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

(transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
(transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
(transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
(transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
(intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
(intransitive, biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
(obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
(obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
To mark divisions on; to graduate.
(music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Examples of "divide" in Sentences

Included in this divide is a fault line of old vs young.
They apparently don't have a clue how deep the divide is and how much worse they have made it.
I wish there was a "new wave of change" but I fear that the divide is the same problem we see in the Middle East.
He visited Washington today and blasted leaders of both parties for what he calls their divide and conquer approach to politics.
He visited Washington today and blasted leaders of both parties for what he called their divide and conquer approach to politics.
Benedict lamented what he called the "divide" between wealthy and poor nations, and the harm many people are suffering to their dignity.
In reality the divide is a relatively recent development, perhaps set in stone in perceptions by moments of mutual cultural hostility between Europe and America.
I understand your concern but it seems to me that the main factor driving this divide is the limited supply of dense, walkable, green neighborhoods for people to live in.