split

Plural: splits

Noun

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
• a bottle containing half the usual amount
• a promised or claimed share of loot or money
  • "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
• a lengthwise crack in wood
  • "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
• (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"
• 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"
• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
• division of a group into opposing factions
• A crack or longitudinal fissure.
• A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
• A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
• One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
• A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
• A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.
• A split-finger fastball.
• A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
• A split shot or split stroke.
• A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
• A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to ¹⁄₂₀ (US) gallon, which is ¹⁄₂ of a fifth.
• A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
• The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race or speedrun.
• A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
• A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
• A recording containing songs by multiple artists; a split single or split album.
• The division of a single taxon into two or more taxa; as opposed to a lump.

Verb

Verb Forms: split, splitting, splits

• To separate lengthwise into two or more parts.
• separate into parts or portions
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  • "My friend and I split up"
• go one's own way; move apart
• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
• To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
• To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
• To share; to divide.
• To leave.
• To separate.
• To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
• To factor into linear factors.
• To factor into linear factors.
• To be expressable as a direct sum of sub-modules, -algebras, etc.
• To factor into linear factors.
• To contain an object which may be so expressed.
• To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
• To burst out laughing.
• To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
• For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
• To vote for candidates of opposite parties.

Adjective Satellite

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed; -Samuel Lubell; - E.B.White
  • "a split group"
• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
  • "we bought split logs for the fireplace"

Adj

• Divided.
• Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.
• Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
• Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
• Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
• Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

Examples

• Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
• Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.
• Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
• He decided to SPLIT his vowels, hoping for better tile draws in the next turn.
• He has split his lip.
• He’s got a nasty split.
• Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
• Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
• We split the money among three people.

Synonyms

break, break open, break up, burst, carve up, cleave, disconnected, dissever, disunited, divide, fragmented, part, rent, rip, rive, schism, separate, snag, split up, stock split, tear, GTFO, beat it, book, bounce, bug off, bugger off, buzz off, chuck, cleft, cloven, cut one's stick, dash, depart, divided, duck out, exit, get away, get out, go, go away, go out, leave, make tracks, move on, namous, piss off, pull up stakes, put out, quit, remove, run along, set forth, set off, set out, sling one's hook, split, start, start out, sundered, take leave, take off, take one's leave, take wing

Antonyms

unite, manifold

Related Words

divide, divisible, separate, separation

Anagrams of split