Category:Share

Share, n. Etym: [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.

Share Share, n. Etym: [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 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 Share, v. i.

Defn: 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.