subdivide
verb/ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/
Etymology From sub- + divide.
1
Ambitransitive To divide into smaller sections.
2
Business, Real estate Ambitransitive To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
- This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.
- Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 3
3
Ambitransitive To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
- The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.[1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- subdividable, subdivider, subdividingly
- Related terms
- subdivision