dictionary definitions for "shared"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shared
      adj 1: have in common; held or experienced in common; "two
             shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent
             nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately" [ant:
             unshared]
      2: distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan
         or purpose [syn: divided, divided up, shared, {shared
         out}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Share \Share\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sharing.]
     1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to
        divide.
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              Suppose I share my fortune equally between my
              children and a stranger.              --Swift.
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     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.
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              While avarice and rapine share the land. --Milton.
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     3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
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              The shared visage hangs on equal sides. --Dryden.
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