divides

Noun

• a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
• a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
• plural of divide

Verb

• separate into parts or portions
• perform a division
• act as a barrier between; stand between
  • "The mountain range divides the two countries"
• come apart
• make a division or separation
• force, take, or pull apart
• third-person singular simple present indicative of divide

Synonyms

carve up, dissever, disunite, divide, fraction, part, separate, split, split up, water parting, watershed

Antonyms

multiply, unite