adj.
1.(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
2.indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
3.serving to separate or divide into parts partitive n.
1.word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
Idiom of the Day
put one's shoulder to the wheel
to get busy and start working
I put my shoulder to the wheel and tried to finish my work so that I could go home early.