Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - share

~1 v 1 »USE EQUALLY« to have or use something that other people also have or use at the same time  (We don't have enough books for everyone, so you'll have to share. | share sth)  (The last bus had gone, so the three of us shared a taxi. | share sth with sb)  (I shared a room with her at college. | shared house/flat BrE (=with people not related to each other living in it))  (- see between2) 2 »LET SB USE STH« to let someone have or use something that belongs to you  (Even as a kid he'd never share his toys. | share sth with)  (I shared my lunch with a few hungry pigeons.) 3 »DIVIDE« also share sth out to divide something between two or more people  (share sth between/among sb)  (At his death, his property was shared out between his children.) 4 »SAME INTEREST/OPINION ETC« to have the same opinion, experience, feeling etc as someone else  (I share your concern about this. | share in sth)  (His daughters did not share in his happiness. | share sth with sb)  (Stubbornness was a characteristic he shared with his mother. | share an interest (=have the same interest in something as someone else)) 5 »RESPONSIBILITY« to be equally responsible for doing something, paying for something etc  (I own the house, but we share the bills. | We all share some blame for the mess-up.) 6 »TELL SB STH« to tell other people about an idea, secret, problem etc  (It's always better to share your worries. | share sth with sb)  (Are you going to share the joke with us? | share especailly AmE)  (If you feel the need to share we're all listening.) 7 share and share alike spoken used to say that you should share things fairly and equally between everyone ~2 n 1 »PART OF STH« the part of something that belongs to you, or that should be paid for or done by you + of/in  (I gave them my share of the bill and left. | a share in the profits | do your share (=do your part of a job, duty etc that you share with other people))  (I do my share of the housework.) 2 flat/house share BrE a situation in which people who are not related to each other live together 3 your (fair) share a) as much or more of something as you could reasonably expect to have  (She's had more than her fair share of bad luck this year. | You've sure had your share of problems, haven't you?) b) as much as everyone else  (Don't worry - you'll get your fair share. | I've made my share of mistakes.) 4 share in your part in an activity, event etc  (Employees are always given a share in decision-making.) 5 »FINANCIAL« one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided + in  (He decided to sell his shares in Allied Chemicals.) share offer/issue (=a time when shares in a company are sold or begin to be sold)  (- compare stock1 (3)) 6 »FARM TOOL« old-fashioned a ploughshare  (- see also the lion's share lion (3), timeshare) - sharing n