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noun

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. "My share of fame."

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.)

To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned.

Share and share alike, in equal shares.

verb

Share v. t. (past & past part. shared; pres. part. 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. 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."

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— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler

... elements of his character many had the chance of knowing; but I shall always associate him with the memory of that pure and noble friendship which made me feel that I knew him before I looked upon his face, and added a personal tenderness to the sense of loss which I share ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... it. When Scipio perceived this, he was afraid lest, by the failure of his attempts, the courage of the enemy should be raised and his own troops be dispirited; and thinking it incumbent upon him to exert himself in person and share the danger, reproved his soldiers for their cowardice, and ordered the scaling-ladders to be brought, threatening to mount the wall himself, since the rest hesitated. He had now advanced near the walls with no small danger, ...

— History of Rome, Vol III • Titus Livius

... oneself as it were, to repudiate altogether some straining or distressing or disappointing factor in the scheme of motives, and find a tranquillizing refuge in the residuum. So we have men and women abandoning their share in economic development, crushing the impulses and evading the complications that arise out of sex and flying to devotions and simple duties in nunneries and monasteries; we have people cutting their ...

— First and Last Things • H. G. Wells

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