subdivide - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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form into subdivisions“The cells subdivided”More general separate, divide
divide into smaller and smaller pieces“This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!”More general divide, split

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Sub′di·vide′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Subdivided; present participle & verbal noun Subdividing.]

Origin: L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide.

To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.— John Dryden

Sub′di·vide′ intransitive verb

To be, or to become, subdivided.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54