 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
share
noun
1: any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a
corporation is divided and ownership of which is
evidenced by a stock certificate; "he bought 100 shares
of IBM at the market price"
2: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an
individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
[syn: {portion}, {part}, {percentage}]
3: the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more
than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: {parcel},
{portion}]
4: any one of a number of individual efforts in a common
endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's
success"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: {contribution},
{part}]
5: a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
[syn: {plowshare}, {ploughshare}]
verb
1: have in common; "Our children share a love of music"; "The
two countries share a long border"
2: use jointly or in common
3: have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"
[syn: {partake}, {partake in}]
4: give out as one's portion or share [syn: {divvy up}, {portion
out}, {apportion}, {deal}]
5: communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Share \Share\, noun [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G.
schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See {Shear}.]
1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which
cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the
seed, in a machine for sowing seed. --Knight.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Share \Share\, verb (used without an object)
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Share \Share\, noun [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to
shear, cut. See {Shear}, v.]
1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a
small share of prudence.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] --Holland.
{To go shares}, to partake; to be equally concerned.
{Share and share alike}, in equal shares.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Share \Share\, verb (used with an object) [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. [Obs.]
The shared visage hangs on equal sides. --Dryden.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
171 Moby Thesaurus words for "share":
adjunct, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance,
apportion, apportionment, appropriate, appropriation, assign,
be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved,
be partners in, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, board lot,
broadcast, budget, care about, carve, carve up, catch the flame,
catch the infection, change color, chunk, claim,
color with emotion, commission, communicate, component, contingent,
convey, cooperate, cross section, cut, cut up, deal, deal out,
destiny, detachment, detail, dig, dispensation, dispense,
disseminate, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with,
dividend, division, divvy, divvy up, divvy up with, dole, dole out,
due, dummy share, echo, empathize with, end, equal share, equity,
even lot, experience, fate, fraction, fractional lot, full lot,
get across, get over, give, give out, give word, go even stephen,
go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares, half, halve,
halver, hand on, helping, holding, holdings, identify with, impart,
installment, interest, item, leave word, lot, make known, measure,
meed, mess, mete out, modicum, moiety, odd lot, parcel, part,
partake, participate, particular, partition, pass, pass along,
pass on, pay out, percentage, piece, portion, preference share,
proportion, prorate, quadrant, quantum, quarter, quota, quotient,
quotum, rake-off, random sample, ration, react,
relate to emotionally, remainder, render, report, respond,
round lot, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, send,
send word, serving, share in, share out, share with, shift, signal,
slice, slice the pie, slice up, small share, split,
split the difference, split up, stake, stock, stockholding,
stockholdings, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, sympathize with,
tell, transfer, transmit
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