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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Split \Split\ (spl[i^]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Split} ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. {Splice}, {Splint}, {Splinter}.]
1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. --Boyle.
3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South.
4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
{To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
split
adjective
1: being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"
2: 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" [syn: {disconnected}, {disunited}, {fragmented}]
3: 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: having a long rip or tear; "a split lip" [syn: {cut}]
5: (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
noun
1: extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)
2: a bottle containing half the usual amount
3: a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
4: a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
5: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {tear}]
6: an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
7: a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
8: (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: 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" [syn: {stock split}, {split up}]
10: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {rip}]
11: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" [syn: {schism}]
verb
1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split up}, {separate}, {dissever}, {carve up}] [ant: {unite}]
2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" [syn: {cleave}, {rive}]
3: 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" [syn: {separate}, {part}, {split up}, {break}, {break up}]
4: go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" [syn: {separate}, {part}]
5: break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" [syn: {burst}, {break open}] [also: {splitting}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
splitting
adjective: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" [syn: {rending}, {ripping}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
splitting See {split}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "splitting": abscission, acute, amputation, apportionment, budgeting, butchering, catalysis, catalyst, chopping, cleavage, cutting, cutting the pie, decay, dialysis, dichotomy, dissociation, dividing, division, divvy, drastic, enucleation, excessive, excision, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fierce, fission, furious, great, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, immoderate, intemperate, intense, keen, laceration, mutilation, outrageous, parceling, partition, partitioning, photolysis, piercing, portioning, rationing, rending, repartition, resection, rigorous, ripping, rough, scission, section, severance, severe, sharing, sharing out, sharp, slashing, slicing, surgery, tearing, thermolysis, tough, unconscionable, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent
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