split

Meanings

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
• a bottle containing half the usual amount
• a promised or claimed share of loot or money
  • "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
• a lengthwise crack in wood
  • "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
• (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"
• 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"
• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
• division of a group into opposing factions
• separate into parts or portions
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  • "My friend and I split up"
• go one's own way; move apart
• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
• having been divided; having the unity destroyed; -Samuel Lubell; - E.B.White
  • "a split group"
• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
  • "we bought split logs for the fireplace"

Synonyms

break, break open, break up, burst, carve up, cleave, disconnected, dissever, disunited, divide, fragmented, part, rent, rip, rive, schism, separate, snag, split up, stock split, tear