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
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
