SPLIT

split

(adjective) (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; “we bought split logs for the fireplace”

disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split

(adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed; “Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces”-Samuel Lubell; “a league of disunited nations”- E.B.White; “a fragmented coalition”; “a split group”

schism, split

(noun) division of a group into opposing factions; “another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy”

rent, rip, split

(noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; “he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”

split

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

split, stock split, split up

(noun) 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”

split

(noun) (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”

split

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

Split

(noun) an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

rip, rent, snag, split, tear

(noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; “there was a rip in his pants”; “she had snags in her stockings”

split

(noun) a lengthwise crack in wood; “he inserted the wedge into a split in the log”

split

(noun) a promised or claimed share of loot or money; “he demanded his split before they disbanded”

split

(noun) a bottle containing half the usual amount

burst, split, break open

(verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; “The bubble burst”

cleave, split, rive

(verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; “cleave the bone”

separate, part, split

(verb) go one’s own way; move apart; “The friends separated after the party”

separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; “The business partners broke over a tax question”; “The couple separated after 25 years of marriage”; “My friend and I split up”

divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up

(verb) separate into parts or portions; “divide the cake into three equal parts”; “The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Split

A port city in Croatia.

Anagrams

• slipt, spilt, stilp

Etymology

Adjective

split (not comparable)

Divided.

(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.

(of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.

(stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.

(stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.

(London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

Noun

split (plural splits)

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.

(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

(gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") 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.

(bodybuilding) A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targetted in a microcycle.

Hyponyms: bro split, whole-body split, upper/lower split

(baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.

(bowling) 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.

(athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.

(video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.

(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.

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

(music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.

Verb

split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)

(transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Synonym: cleave

(intransitive) Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

(transitive) To share; to divide.

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.

Synonym: Thesaurus:leave

(intransitive, of a couple) To separate.

Synonyms: break up, split up

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.

(algebra, transitive and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors.

To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

(intransitive) To burst out laughing.

(slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

(sports) In athletics (especially baseball), for both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another game.

(intransitive, politics) To vote for candidates of opposite parties.

Anagrams

• slipt, spilt, stilp

Source: Wiktionary


Split (splît), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.] Etym: [Probably of Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. splizen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter.]

1. 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. Cold winter split the rocks in twain. Dryden.

2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. Boyle.

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

4. (Chem.)

Definition: To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

Split, v. i.

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

2. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. The ship splits on the rock. Shak.

3. To separate into parties or factions. [Colloq.]

4. To burst with laughter. [Colloq.] Each had a gravity would make you split. Pope.

5. To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. [Slang] Thackeray. To split on a rock, to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.

Split, n.

Definition: A crack, or longitudinl fissure.

2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. [Colloq.]

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

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

5. (Faro)

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

Split, a.

1. Divided; cleft.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Divided deeply; cleft. Split pease, hulled pease split for making soup, etc.

– Split pin (Mach.), a pin with one end split so that it may be spread open to secure it in its place.

– Split pulley, a parting pulley. See under Pulley.

– Split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be strung upon the ring or removed from it.

– Split ticket, a ballot containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one party, other names being substituted for those omitted. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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