subdivide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb form into subdivisions
    • The cells subdivided
  2. verb divide into smaller and smaller pieces
    • This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!

WordNet

Sub`di*vide" transitive verb
Etymology
L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Subdivided ; present participle & verbal noun Subdividing
Definitions
  1. 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. Dryden.
Sub`di*vide" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be, or to become, subdivided.

Webster 1913