subdivide

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

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

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

3. verb To divide divisions into smaller divisions.

Similar words

partition zone divide separate disaggregate sub-divide subdivision segment subpartition break

Often followed by

the into it and a this them these each their

Word family

subdividable subdivided subdivider subdividers subdivides subdividing