Share /(?)/

Share

n.
  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.

Share

n.
  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.
  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.]

Phrases & Compounds

To go shares
to partake; to be equally concerned.
Share and share alike
in equal shares.

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.
    Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.
  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.
  3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
    The shared visage hangs on equal sides.

Share

v. i.
  1. 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.