split

UK /splɪt/ US /splɪt/
verb 5adj 5noun 5name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

He has split his lip.

a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water

2

To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

3

To share; to divide.

We split the money among three people.

Presently the 57-strong Class 378 fleet is split between the East London line and North London line, with 29 units allocated on the east side.

4

To leave.

Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.

I had this Palm Springs gig set up for Joey and the bitch split. Least he ain't nowhere around.

5

To separate.

Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.

adj

1

Divided.

Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.

With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever.

2

Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

3

Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.

4

Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.

5

Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.

10+³⁄₁₆ is a split quotation.

noun

1

A crack or longitudinal fissure.

2

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

3

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

The kernels split in shelling, known as splits, form a fifth grade of shelled Virginia peanuts.

4

One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

5

A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright posi

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