divided

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions

   a divided highway

2. 2
   adj

   separated into parts or pieces

   opinions are divided

3. 3
   adj

   having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions

   divided opinions

4. 4
   adj

   disunited

   divided nation

5. 5
   adj

   distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

6. 6
   verb

   simple past and past participle of divide

7. 7
   adj

   separated or split into pieces

8. 8
   adj

   (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

Etymology

From Middle English divided, devided, devidid, past participle of Middle English dividen (“to divide”), equivalent to divide + -ed.