subdivide — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To divide into smaller sections.

   Usage

   • Transitive or intransitive

2. To divide into smaller sections. To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.

   Usage

   • Transitive or intransitive

   Examples

   This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.

   Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.

3. To divide divisions into smaller divisions.

   Usage

   • Transitive or intransitive

   Examples

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

Verb

1. form into subdivisions

   Broader terms

   separatedividepart

   Examples

   The cells subdivided

2. divide into smaller and smaller pieces

   Broader terms

   dividesplitsplit upseparatedissevercarve up

   Examples

   This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!