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.
Locke.
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.
Swift.
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.
Milton.
3. To cut;
to shear; to
cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
The shared visage hangs on equal sides.
Dryden.
Share , n. [OE. share, AS. scearu,
scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
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." Dryden.
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.] Holland.
To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share
and share alike, in equal shares.
Share (?), n. [OE.
schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and
E. shear, v. See Shear.]
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. Knight.
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