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share

verb

  1. joint use of a resource or space
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noun

  1. single unit of ownership in a corporation, mutual fund, or any other organization
L5337 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃɛə/ / /ʃɛː/ / /ʃɛɚ/

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, perhaps a variant of Shear. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Šare, Sare.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear.

  1. The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

    The golden harvest, of a mellow brown, Upturn'd so lately by the fearful share.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear.

  1. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

    The shar'd visage hangs on equal sides.