split

Definitions

1. 1past tense & past participle

   of Split

2. 2transitive verb

   To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.

3. 3transitive verb

   To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.

4. 4transitive verb

   To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.

5. 5transitive verb

   To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To separate into parties or factions.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To burst with laughter.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

11. 11intransitive verb

    to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.

12. 12noun

    A crack, or longitudinal fissure.

13. 13noun

    A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

14. 14noun

    A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

15. 15noun

    Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

16. 16noun

    A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.

17. 17noun

    the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.

18. 18noun

    the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.

19. 19adjective

    Divided; cleft.

20. 20adjective

    Divided deeply; cleft.

21. 21noun

    division of a group into opposing factions

    "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

    Synonyms

    schism
22. 22noun

    the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

    "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

    Synonyms

    rentrip
23. 23noun

    extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

24. 24noun

    an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

    "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"

25. 25noun

    (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

    "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame"

26. 26noun

    a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

27. 27noun

    an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

28. 28noun

    an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

    "there was a rip in his pants"

    "she had snags in her stockings"

    Synonyms

    rentripsnagtear
29. 29noun

    a lengthwise crack in wood

    "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"

30. 30noun

    a promised or claimed share of loot or money

    "he demanded his split before they disbanded"

31. 31noun

    a bottle containing half the usual amount

32. 32verb

    come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

    "The bubble burst"

    Synonyms

    burst
33. 33verb

    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

    "cleave the bone"

    Synonyms

    cleaverive
34. 34verb

    go one's own way; move apart

    "The friends separated after the party"

    Synonyms

    partseparate
35. 35verb

    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    "The business partners broke over a tax question"

    "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"

    Synonyms

    breakpartseparate
36. 36verb

    separate into parts or portions

    "divide the cake into three equal parts"

    "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

    Synonyms

    disseverdivideseparate
37. 37adjective

    (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

    "we bought split logs for the fireplace"

38. 38adjective

    having been divided; having the unity destroyed-Samuel Lubell- E.B.White

    "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"

    "a league of disunited nations"

    Synonyms

    disconnecteddisunitedfragmented