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Definition of Divided
1. Adjective. Separated into parts or pieces. "Opinions are divided"
Similar to: Bicameral, Two-chambered, Bifid, Bifurcate, Biramous, Branched, Forficate, Fork-like, Forked, Pronged, Prongy, Bifurcated, Bilocular, Biloculate, Black-and-white, Chambered, Bisulcate, Cloven, Dichotomous, Disconnected, Disunited, Fragmented, Split, Disjointed, Disjunct, Episodic, Four-pronged, Many-chambered, Metameric, Segmental, Segmented, Mullioned, Pentamerous, Pronged, Tined, Sectional, Sectioned, Segmental, Three-pronged, Torn, Trifid, Two-pronged
Antonyms: United
2. Adjective. Having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions. "A divided highway"
3. Adjective. Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose.
Definition of Divided
1. a. Parted; disunited; distributed.
Definition of Divided
1. Verb. (past of divide) ¹
2. Adjective. separated or split into pieces ¹
3. Adjective. having conflicting interests or emotions ¹
4. Adjective. disunited ¹
5. Adjective. (American English) (''of a road'') separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divided
1. divide [v] - See also: divide
Medical Definition of Divided
1. Referring to the blade of a leaf when it is cut into distinct divisions to, or almost to, the midvein. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divided
Literary usage of Divided
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Working Table. bave scales ranging from 0 to 50, and divided to 1-2 volts.
Those on the center table range from 0 to 120. " The ammeters ranging from 0 to 1 ..."
2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The plants are divided.with evident reticulated veins; the natives of Mexico.
[MT MJ , fertile, ones taller and more erect, and dl- The stem is short and ..."
3. The Lancet (1842)
"On examination I found a fleshy band running from the clitoris to the posterior
part of the vagina, about an inch in width, which divided the vagina into ..."
4. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"... LECTURE Vin THE divided SELF, AND THE PROCESS OF ITS UNIFICATION THE last
lecture was a painful one, dealing as it did with evil as a pervasive element ..."
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