SHARE

n. v.

10 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

2.
n.

The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. Knight.

3.
n.

A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

4.
n.

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.

5.
n.

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.

6.
n.

The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] Holland. To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.

7.
v.

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.

8.
v.

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.

9.
v.

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.] The shared visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden.

10.
v.

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.


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