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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Share \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.
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     2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the
        seed, in a machine for sowing seed. --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Share \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.
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     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.
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     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.
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     4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     {To go shares}, to partake; to be equally concerned.
  
     {Share and share alike}, in equal shares.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Suppose I share my fortune equally between my
              children and a stranger.              --Swift.
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     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.
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              While avarice and rapine share the land. --Milton.
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     3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
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              The shared visage hangs on equal sides. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Share \Share\, v. i.
     To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or
     suffer with others.
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           A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share
           in the goods of his father.              --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  share
       n 1: any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a
            corporation is divided and ownership of which is
            evidenced by a stock certificate; "he bought 100 shares
            of IBM at the market price"
       2: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an
          individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
          [syn: {portion}, {part}, {percentage}]
       3: the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more
          than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: {parcel},
           {portion}]
       4: any one of a number of individual efforts in a common
          endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's
          success"; "they all did their share of the work" [syn: {contribution},
           {part}]
       5: a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
          [syn: {plowshare}, {ploughshare}]
       v 1: have in common; "Our children share a love of music"; "The
            two countries share a long border"
       2: use jointly or in common
       3: have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"
          [syn: {partake}, {partake in}]
       4: give out as one's portion or share [syn: {divvy up}, {portion
          out}, {apportion}, {deal}]
       5: communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  171 Moby Thesaurus words for "share":
     adjunct, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance,
     apportion, apportionment, appropriate, appropriation, assign,
     be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved,
     be partners in, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, board lot,
     broadcast, budget, care about, carve, carve up, catch the flame,
     catch the infection, change color, chunk, claim,
     color with emotion, commission, communicate, component, contingent,
     convey, cooperate, cross section, cut, cut up, deal, deal out,
     destiny, detachment, detail, dig, dispensation, dispense,
     disseminate, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with,
     dividend, division, divvy, divvy up, divvy up with, dole, dole out,
     due, dummy share, echo, empathize with, end, equal share, equity,
     even lot, experience, fate, fraction, fractional lot, full lot,
     get across, get over, give, give out, give word, go even stephen,
     go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares, half, halve,
     halver, hand on, helping, holding, holdings, identify with, impart,
     installment, interest, item, leave word, lot, make known, measure,
     meed, mess, mete out, modicum, moiety, odd lot, parcel, part,
     partake, participate, particular, partition, pass, pass along,
     pass on, pay out, percentage, piece, portion, preference share,
     proportion, prorate, quadrant, quantum, quarter, quota, quotient,
     quotum, rake-off, random sample, ration, react,
     relate to emotionally, remainder, render, report, respond,
     round lot, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, send,
     send word, serving, share in, share out, share with, shift, signal,
     slice, slice the pie, slice up, small share, split,
     split the difference, split up, stake, stock, stockholding,
     stockholdings, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, sympathize with,
     tell, transfer, transmit
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SHARE. A portion of anything. Sometimes shares are equal, at other times 
  they are unequal. 
       2. In companies and corporations the whole of the capital stock is 
  usually divided into equal proportions called shares. Shares in public 
  companies have sometimes been held to be real estate, but most usually they 
  are considered as personal property. Wordsw. Jo. Sto. Co. ch. 1 P, p. 288. 
  3. The proportion which descends to one of several children from his 
  ancestor, is called a share. The term share and share alike, signifies in 
  equal proportions. See Perpart. 
  
  

















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