divide ***
divide off

The earth, which till now had been cultivated in common, began to be divided off into possessions.

You separate or divide them off to grow as individual plants.

The room was divided off into modular units, a new addition that nobody liked, the officer told them.

The far end of the warehouse was divided off into a long room where the quality control work was done.

After opening night, the winners were divided off for regional runoffs.

The children were dividing themselves off into small groups.

The business area was divided off with walls of glass.

It had a cellar the size of the main building and wing divided off into five rooms.

A section of the central hallway was divided off in the 1960s to serve as a bathroom.

The branches divide off at the nodes which are often swollen.