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Definition of 'Split'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) split
to divide or separate from end to end or into layers:
to split a log in two.

2.  split
to separate by cutting, chopping, etc.:
to split a piece from a block.

3.  split
to divide into distinct parts or portions (often fol. by up).

4.  split
to divide into different factions or groups, as by discord.

5.  split
to cast (a ballot or vote) for candidates of more than one political party.

6.  split
to divide between two or more persons, groups, etc.; share.

7.  split
to separate into parts by interposing something:
to split an infinitive.

8.  split
to divide (molecules or atoms) by cleavage into smaller parts.

9.  split
to issue additional shares of (a stock) to stockholders without charge so that individual holdings are increased though the value per share is less.

10. (v.i.) split
to divide, break, or separate.

11.  split
to part or separate, as through disagreement.

12.  split
to divide or share something with another or others; apportion.

13.  split
Slang. to leave; depart.

14. (n.) split
the act of splitting.

15.  split
a crack, tear, or fissure caused by splitting.

16.  split
a piece or part separated by or as if by splitting.

17.  split
a breach or rupture, as between persons, in a group, etc.

18.  split
a faction, party, etc., formed by a rupture or schism.

19.  split
an ice-cream dish made esp. with a split banana, flavored syrup, and chopped nuts.

20.  split
Often, splits. the feat of separating the legs while sinking to the floor, until they extend at right angles to the body.

21.  split
an arrangement of bowling pins remaining after the first bowl in two separated groups, so that a spare is difficult.

22.  split
the act of splitting a stock.

23. (adj.) split
having been split; parted lengthwise; cleft.

24.  split
disunited; divided:
a split opinion.

25.  split
(of a stock) having undergone a split.

26. (n.) Split
a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic. 180,571.

Definition of 'Split'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) split
a bottle containing half the usual amount

3. (noun) split
a promised or claimed share of loot or money
"he demanded his split before they disbanded"

4. (noun) split
a lengthwise crack in wood
"he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"

5. (noun) rip, rent, snag, split, tear
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
"there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

6. (noun) Split
an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

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

8. (noun) split
(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"

9. (noun) split, stock split, split up
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"

10. (noun) rent, rip, split
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

11. (adj) schism, split
division of a group into opposing factions
"another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

12. (adj) disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split
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"

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

14. (verb) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

15. (verb) cleave, split, rive
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"

16. (verb) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
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"

17. (verb) separate, part, split
go one's own way; move apart
"The friends separated after the party"

18. (verb) burst, split, break open
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
"The bubble burst"

Definition of 'Split'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) split
to divide into two or more groups
an argument that split our group of friends; The teacher split the class into three groups.

2.  split
to divide sth to share
They split the money three ways.

3.  split
to break along a long thin line
She split the log with the ax.; My shirt split at the seam.; The tree had been split in half by lightning.

4.  split
split hairs
to focus on tiny details rather than on what is important
It's splitting hairs to talk about who is the more powerful player.

5. (noun) split
a division within a group or organization
the split in the Republican party

6.  split
a break that forms a long thin line
a split in his pants

Definition of 'Split'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Split
divided; cleft

2. (adj) Split
divided deeply; cleft

3. (noun) Split
a crack, or longitudinal fissure

4. (noun) Split
a breach or separation, as in a political party; a division

5. (noun) Split
a piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment

6. (noun) Split
specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses

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

8. (noun) Split
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

9. (noun) Split
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

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11. (verb) Split
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

12. (verb) Split
to burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder

13. (verb) Split
to divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite

14. (verb) Split
to divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid

15. (verb) Split
to part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them

16. (verb) Split
to be broken; to be dashed to pieces

17. (verb) Split
to separate into parties or factions

18. (verb) Split
to burst with laughter

19. (verb) Split
to divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach

20. (verb) Split
to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value

Translation of 'Split'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cut or (cause to) break lengthwise to split firewood; The skirt split all the way down the back seam.
Afrikaans: skeur, bars	Arabic: يَفْلَق، يَشُق	Bulgarian: цепя (се)
Brazilian: rachar	Czech: štípat (se); roztrhnout	German: spalten, reißen
Danish: kløve; splitte	Greek: σκίζω, σκίζομαι κατά μήκο	Spanish: rajar
Estonian: lõhkuma, lõhki minema	Farsi: شكافتن	Finnish: halkaista
French: (se) fendre	Hebrew: לְפַצֵל	Hindi: चीरना, फाड़ना
Croatian: raskoliti, kalati	Hungarian: (el)hasít	Indonesian: membelah
Icelandic: kljúfa; klofna	Italian: strappare; spaccare	Japanese: 割る
Korean: 쪼개다	Lithuanian: skaldyti, skilti, plyðti	Latvian: šķelt/plēst/skaldīt (gare
Malay: belah	Dutch: splijten	Norwegian: kløyve, splitte, revne
Polish: rozłupywać (się), rozdzie	Persian: شكافتن	Pashto: چول (لكه لرګى په اوږدو) ټ
Portuguese: rachar	Romanian: a crăpa	Russian: расщеплять(ся), раскалыва
Slovak: štiepať (sa); roztrhnúť	Slovenian: cepiti (se)	Serbian: poderati se
Swedish: klyva, spräcka, spricka	Thai: ผ่า	Turkish: yar(ıl)mak
Taiwanese: 切開，劈開	Ukrainian: розколювати(ся); розщеплю	Urdu: دو لخت کرنا، چیرنا
Vietnamese: bửa, tách	Chinese: 切开，劈开
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