subdivide

subdivide
    v 1: form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"
    2: divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment
       cannot be subdivided any further!"
    

Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdivided}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Subdividing}.] [L. subdividere, sub under +
   dividere to divide. See {Divide}.]
   To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part
   into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already
   been divided.
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         The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies,
         and those colonies were subdivided into many others.
                                                  --Dryden.
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Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. i.
   To be, or to become, subdivided.
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "subdivide":
      alphabetize, analyze, anatomize, apportion, arrange, assay, assort,
      bifurcate, bisect, branch, break down, break up, by two, catalog,
      categorize, class, classify, cleave, codify, contradistinguish,
      cut in two, cut up, demarcate, demark, dichotomize, differentiate,
      digest, dimidiate, discriminate, dissect, distinguish, district,
      divide, divide up, divvy, divvy up, draw the line, file, fission,
      fork, grade, group, halve, in half, index, list,
      mark the interface, order, parcel, parcel out, partition, pick out,
      pigeonhole, place, portion, ramify, range, rank, rate, reduce,
      reduce to elements, resolve, screen, screen out, section, segment,
      segregate, select, separate, set a limit, set apart, set off,
      sever, severalize, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, sort,
      sort out, split, split hairs, split in two, split up, subtilize,
      tabulate, transect, type, winnow, zone