Split
[splɪt]
Definition
(noun.) extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (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'.
(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.) 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.
(adj.) (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; 'we bought split logs for the fireplace' .
Edited by Angus--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Edited by Gertrude
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Cleave, rive, rend, burst, SPLINTER, tear asunder.[2]. Divide, sunder, separate, part.
v. n. [1]. Burst, be riven, be rent, SPLINTER, be split.[2]. Be broken, be dashed to pieces.
n. Crack, fissure, rent.
Edited by Eva
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Divide, separate, rive, cleave, crack, splinter, burst, rend, sunder, disagree,secede, disunite
ANT:Cohere, unite, amalgamate, coalesce, conform, agree, splice, consolidate,integrate
Edited by Josie
Definition
v.t. to cleave lengthwise: to tear asunder violently: to divide: to throw into discord.—v.i. to divide or part asunder: to be dashed to pieces: to divulge secrets: to vote for candidates of opposite parties: to burst with laughter:—pr.p. split′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. split.—n. a crack or rent lengthwise: a schism: a half-bottle of aerated water a half-glass of spirits: (pl.) the acrobatic feat of going down to the floor with the legs spread out laterally.—adj. Split′-new (Scot.) brand-new.—n.pl. Split′-pease husked pease split for making pea-soup &c.—n. Split′ter one who or that which splits: one who splits hairs in argument &c.: (U.S.) a wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.—adj. Split′ting very severe: very rapid.—Split on a rock to meet some unforeseen and disastrous difficulty to go to ruin; Split one's sides to laugh immoderately; Split the difference to divide equally the sum or matter in dispute to take the mean.
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- The hoof is split and although it might not get worse soon if shod properly, she could break down if she travels over much hard ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Stand off from me, or I'll split your head against the wall. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Grapes, split and crushed under foot, lay about everywhere. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This split is called the Great Schism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Split the difference,' said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There had been a split in the Cabinet; the minister for Education had resigned owing to adverse criticism. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Some of the giant redwood logs must be split in the woods with powder before they can be handled on the saw carriage, and the average yield per acre is in the neighborhood of 150,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lord strike you dead on the spot, if ever you split in any way sumever! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Some kinds were too soft and porous, others were liable to split easily. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- By means of a wedge, the stump is split. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These influences have resulted in splitting up the subject matter of education into separate studies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You'll have a splitting headache tomorrow, if you drink much of that. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Leather Splitting, and other Remarkable Machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Splitting and crumbling of rock caused by alternating heat and cold. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Right through Fido's head, and splitting little Harry's nose. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The rolls were well named, for with ear-splitting noise they broke up in a few seconds the great pieces of rock tossed in from the skips. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Such a splitting up of a species in the course of generations into two or more species is called the _Differentiation of Species_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the great relief of Europe the dynastic troubles at Karakorum lasted for some years, and this vast new empire showed signs of splitting up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Well, my dear Sir, we won't waste time in splitting straws,' resumed the little man, 'say--say--seventy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Their method of multiplication is by fissiparism--that is to say, each splits into two independent beings that separate and afterwards lead independent lives. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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