7.8 Divide into pieces

Use this domain for words referring to dividing something into parts or pieces, perhaps with the added idea of using care, or into a certain number of parts.

Related domains: 
8.6 Parts of things
Louw Nida Codes: 
63F Divide
  • What words are used of dividing something into parts?
    divide (up), divide into pieces, division, split (up), halve, quarter (v), apportion, take apart

    • 7.8.1 Break

    Use this domain for words referring breaking something into pieces, perhaps with the added idea of doing it accidentally or without being careful.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    19D Break, Break Through
  • What words refer to something breaking?
    break
  • What words refer to breaking something?
    break, bust, fracture
  • What words refer to breaking something into many small pieces?
    break into pieces, smash, crush, pulverize, atomize
  • What words describe something that has been broken?
    broken, smashed, crushed, pulverized, (be) in pieces, busted
  • What words refer to breaking through a barrier?
    break through, breakout
  • What words refer to a container like a bag, bottle, or bubble breaking because there was too much inside?
    burst, break open
  • What sounds do things make when they break?
    snap, crack, pop, boom, crash
  • What words describe something that is easily broken?
    breakable, brittle, delicate, fragile, flimsy,
  • What words describe something that is not easily broken?
    strong, tough, hard, unbreakable, durable,

    • 7.8.2 Crack

    Use this domain for words referring to a crack--a partial break in something that does not entirely divide it in pieces.

  • What words refer to a crack?
    crack, split, fissure, crevasse

    • 7.8.3 Cut

    Use this domain for words related to cutting something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    19B Pierce, Cut
  • What general words refer to cutting something?
    cut,
  • What words refer to cutting something with one slice?
    slice, cut once, cut in one movement,
  • What words refer to cutting something with many slices?
    hack, cut repeatedly
  • What words refer to cutting something into many pieces?
    cut up, cut into pieces, dice, grate, shred, cube, quarter, halve, mince, grind,
  • What words refer to cutting something with a swinging motion?
    chop
  • What words refer to cutting something with a particular tool?
    knife, ax
  • What words refer to a cut?
    cut, incision

    • 7.8.4 Tear, rip

    Use this domain for words related to tearing or ripping something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    19C Split, Tear
  • What words refer to tearing something?
    tear, rip, shred

    • 7.8.5 Make hole, opening

    Use this domain for words related to making a hole or opening in something.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    19B Pierce, Cut
  • What words refer to making a hole in something?
    make a hole, make an opening, pierce, put a hole in, bore, drill, stab, broach
  • What words refer to an opening?
    opening, hole, aperture

    • 7.8.6 Dig

    Use this domain for words related to digging in the ground.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    19F Dig
  • What words refer to digging?
    dig, mine, excavate, tunnel, burrow, unearth, undermine, cave in, bulldoze, shovel out, scoop, scratch out, scrape, drill, dredge, sink (a hole)
  • What words refer to a hole dug in the ground?
    hole, pit, mine, excavation, tunnel, burrow, trench, ditch, shaft, foxhole, crater, cave, cavern, grotto
  • What tools and machines are used to dig?
    shovel, spade, hoe, pickaxe, steam shovel, bulldozer, backhoe
  • What words describe the size of a hole in the ground?
    deep, shallow, narrow, wide
  • What words refer to putting something in a hole and covering it up?
    bury