Divide+or+sever
11divide — vb 1 *separate, part, sever, sunder, divorce Analogous words: cleave, split, rend, rive (see TEAR): *cut, carve, chop Antonyms: unite 2 *distribute, dispense, deal, dole Analogous words: * …
12divide — Synonyms and related words: Continental Divide, Great Divide, aberrate, abrupt, add, aggravate, agree to differ, agree to disagree, algebraize, alienate, allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, anatomize, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arrange,… …
13sever — To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide. To part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts. To cut… …
14divide — /di vuyd /, v., divided, dividing, n. v.t. 1. to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc. 2. to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off. 3. to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion. 4. to cleave; part. 5. to separate …
15sever — v. a. 1. Part, divide, separate, sunder. 2. Disjoin, disunite, sunder, separate, divide. 3. Disjoin, disunite, detach, detach, separate, divide, disconnect …
16divide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. separate; partition, allot, assign; split [up], part; distribute, share; divvy (sl.). See apportionment, disjunction. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To separate by parting] Syn. separate, part, cut up,… …
17sever — /sev euhr/, v.t. 1. to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like. 2. to divide into parts, esp. forcibly; cleave. 3. to break off or dissolve (ties, relations, etc.). 4. Law. to divide into parts; disunite (an estate, titles of… …
18sever — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cut off, cleave, separate, sunder, part; disjoin, dissolve. See disjunction. Ant., connect, join. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. part, split, separate, dissociate, rend, cleave; see also cut 1 , divide 1 …
19sever — verb 1》 divide by cutting or slicing. 2》 put an end to (a connection or relationship). Derivatives severable adjective Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. severer, from L. separare disjoin, divide …
20sever — v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by from) divide, break, or make separate, esp. by cutting. 2 tr. & intr. break off or away; separate, part, divide (severed our friendship). 3 tr. end the employment contract of (a person). Derivatives: severable adj …
