divided

/də-ˈvī-dəd/

adjective

  1. separated into parts or pieces

  2. cut into distinct parts by incisions extending to the base or to the midrib

  3. having a barrier (such as a guardrail) to separate lanes of traffic going in opposite directions

verb

  1. to separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups

  2. to separate into classes, categories, or divisions

  3. cleave, part

divide the city into wards

divide history into epochs

separate part divide sever sunder divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing. part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association.

noun

  1. a major road that has something (such as a guardrail or an area with grass and trees) that separates lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions