"split" in the noun sense

1. split

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

2. split

a bottle containing half the usual amount

3. split

a promised or claimed share of loot or money

"he demanded his split before they disbanded"

4. split

a lengthwise crack in wood

"he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"

5. 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. Split

an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

7. split

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

8. 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. 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. rent, rip, split

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

11. schism, split

division of a group into opposing factions

"another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

"split" in the verb sense

1. 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"

2. cleave, split, rive

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

"cleave the bone"

3. 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"

4. separate, part, split

go one's own way move apart

"The friends separated after the party"

5. burst, split, break open

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

"The bubble burst"

"split" in the adjective sense

1. 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"

2. split

especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

"we bought split logs for the fireplace"

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