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Split

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Definitions for Split

noun
extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
noun
a bottle containing half the usual amount
noun
a promised or claimed share of loot or money
Examples
  1. he demanded his split before they disbanded
noun
a lengthwise crack in wood
Examples
  1. he inserted the wedge into a split in the log
noun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Synonyms
rip rent snag tear
Examples
  1. there was a rip in his pants
  2. she had snags in her stockings
noun
an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
noun
a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
noun
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
Examples
  1. he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame
noun
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Synonyms
stock split split up
Examples
  1. they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
noun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Synonyms
rent rip
Examples
  1. he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
noun
division of a group into opposing factions
Synonyms
schism
Examples
  1. another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
verb
separate into parts or portions
Synonyms
divide split up separate dissever carve up
Examples
  1. divide the cake into three equal parts
  2. The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Synonyms
cleave rive
Examples
  1. cleave the bone
verb
discontinue an association or relation
Synonyms
separate part split up break break up
Examples
  1. go different ways
  2. The business partners broke over a tax question
  3. The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
  4. My friend and I split up
verb
go one's own way
Synonyms
separate part
Examples
  1. move apart
  2. The friends separated after the party
verb
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
Synonyms
burst break open
Examples
  1. The bubble burst
adjective
having been divided
Synonyms
disconnected disunited fragmented
Examples
  1. having the unity destroyed
  2. Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell
  3. a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White
  4. a fragmented coalition
  5. a split group
adjective
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
Examples
  1. we bought split logs for the fireplace

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