Definition of Split

Verb: split (split,splitting) split

Separate into parts or portions
"split the cake into three equal parts"; "split up the cake into three equal parts";
- divide, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"split the bone";
- cleave, rive [archaic]
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
"My friend and I split up";
- separate, part, split up, break, break up
Go one's own way; move apart
"The friends split after the party";
- separate, part
Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
"The bubble split";
- burst, break open

Noun: split split

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
"there was a split in his pants";
- rip, rent, snag, tear
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";
- stock split, split up
The act of rending, ripping or splitting something
- rent, rip
Division of a group into opposing factions
"another split like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy";
- schism

Adjective: split split

Having been divided; having the unity destroyed
"a split group";
- disconnected, disunited, fragmented
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
"we bought split logs for the fireplace"

Noun: Split split