divided
separated; separate.
shared; apportioned.
(of a leaf) cut into distinct portions by incisions extending to the midrib or base.
Origin of divided
1Other words from divided
- di·vid·ed·ly, adverb
- di·vid·ed·ness, noun
- qua·si-di·vid·ed, adjective
- qua·si-di·vid·ed·ly, adverb
- self-di·vid·ed, adjective
- sem·i·di·vid·ed, adjective
- un·di·vid·ed, adjective
- well-di·vid·ed, adjective
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How to use divided in a sentence
These twelve Æglogues, every where answering to the seasons of the twelve monethes, may be well divided into three forms or ranks.
The Shepheard's Calender | Edmund SpenserSo I suppose; most people's lives are pretty well divided in this manner.
The Key to the Bront Works | John Malham-DemblebyBy this time my friends had pretty well divided the spoils, and, rising together, went out.
The leaves are well divided and almost palm-shaped, the leaflets being ovate and toothed.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers | John WoodThe world's well divided after all, and the happiness as well as the dule of it.
John Splendid | Neil Munro
British Dictionary definitions for divided
/ (dɪˈvaɪdɪd) /
botany another word for dissected (def. 1)
split; not united
Derived forms of divided
- dividedly, adverb
- dividedness, noun
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