dividing Play verbSeparate or be separated into parts. SYNONYMS arrangebifurcatebisectbranchbranch offcarve upcategorizechop upclassifycleavecut updisjoindisposedissectdivaricatedivergeforkfractionatefurcatego in different directionsgo separate waysgradegrouphalveorderorganizepartpartitionpigeonholequarterramifyrankrivesegregateseparateslice upsortsort outsplitsplit in twosplit-upsunder