sharen.[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.)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.(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.(Holland.)To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.()v. t.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.()The shared visage hangs on equal sides. (Dryden.)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.)
