Noun | 1. | split - extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (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. | split - 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 - 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" Synonyms: split up, stock split | |
10. | split - the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" | |
11. | split - division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" Synonyms: schism | |
Verb | 1. | split - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
2. | split - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" | |
3. | split - 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. | split - go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" | |
5. | split - break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" Synonyms: burst, break open | |
Adj. | 1. | split - being divided or separated; "split between love and hate" |
2. | 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" | |
3. | split - 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" | |
4. | split - having a long rip or tear; "a split lip" Synonyms: cut | |
5. | split - (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace" |
split - chunker |