rending, ripping, splitting
(adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; “the tree split with a great ripping sound”; “heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward”
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
splitting (plural splittings)
An instance where something splits.
(psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
(chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.
splitting (comparative more splitting, superlative most splitting)
Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
Very rapid.
Severe.
splitting
present participle of split
• spittling
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
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
