split

[Split]

An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

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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.

Noun
division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

Noun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

Noun
extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)

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"

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"

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Noun
a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

Noun
an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

Noun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

Noun
a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"

Noun
a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"

Noun
a bottle containing half the usual amount

Verb
break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"

Verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

Verb
go one''s own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

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"

Verb
separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

Adjective S.
broken or burst apart longitudinally; "after the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk"; "they tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split watermelon"

Adjective S.
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"

Adjective S.
having a long rip or tear; "a split lip"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"


imp. & p. p.
of Split

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.

v. t.
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.

v. t.
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.

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

v. i.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

v. i.
To separate into parties or factions.

v. i.
To burst with laughter.

v. i.
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

v. i.
to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.

n.
A crack, or longitudinal fissure.

n.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

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

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

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

n.
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.

n.
the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.

a.
Divided; cleft.

a.
Divided deeply; cleft.


Split

Split (spl&icr;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.] [Probably of Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl'c6zen. 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.
2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water.
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.) 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

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.
3. To separate into parties or factions. [Colloq.] 4. To burst with laughter. [Colloq.]
Each had a gravity would make you split.
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

Split, a. 1. Divided; cleft. 2. (Bot.) 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.]

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.

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

Divided; cleft.

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Usage Examples

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.

The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

'Ludacris' is something that I made up. It just kind of describes me. Sometimes I have like a split personality. Sometimes I'm cool, calm, and collected, and other times I'm beyond crazy.

My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.

There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.

The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.

My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.

Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

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