To form a border or barrier between, To group according to kind; classify or assign, transitive verb_ To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts, noun_ A dividing point or line, A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide