split meaning and definition

SPLIT noun

Definition of split (noun)

1. extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (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"
   • synonyms: rent, rip, 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"
   • synonyms: split up, stock split
10. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
    • "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
    • synonyms: rent, rip
11. division of a group into opposing factions
    • "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
    • synonyms: schism

SPLIT verb

Definition of split (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"
   • synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split up
   • antonym: unify
2. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   • "cleave the bone"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: break, break up, part, separate, split up
4. go one's own way; move apart
   • "The friends separated after the party"
   • synonyms: part, separate
5. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   • "The bubble burst"
   • synonyms: break open, burst

SPLIT adjective

Definition of split (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: disconnected, disunited, fragmented
2. (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
   • "we bought split logs for the fireplace"