(v)divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upseparate into parts or portions“divide the cake into three equal parts”, “The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”
(v)classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separatearrange or order by classes or categories“How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
(v)separate, part, split up, split, break, break updiscontinue an association or relation; go different ways“The business partners broke over a tax question”, “The couple separated after 25 years of marriage”, “My friend and I split up”