share

share is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. Knight.
  2. 2.A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
  3. 3.Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. "My share of fame." Dryden.
  4. 4.Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
  5. 5.The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] Holland. To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.
  6. 6.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.
  7. 7.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.
  8. 8.To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.] The shared visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden.
  9. 9.To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father. Locke.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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