Dictionary entry

Share (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Share, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sharing.] 1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. Swift.

2. To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

While avarice and rapine share the land. Milton.

3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

The shared visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden.