To separate, sever, or split.
To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
To disintegrate; to come apart.
To combine or fit (things) together well.
Of several things: to combine or fit together well.
To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.
To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.
The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint.
A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1).