DIVIDE SOMETHING (OFF) (FROM SOMETHING OR ANIMALS)

divide something (off) (from something or animals): translation

divide something (off†) (from something or animals)

1. to separate something from something else. •

Let's divide the chickens off from the ducks and put the chickens in the shed.

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We divided off the chickens from the ducks.

2. to separate something from something else, using a partition. •

We divided the sleeping area off from the rest of the room.

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A curtain was used to divide off a sleeping area.