Split Definition

splĭt
splits, splitting
verb
splits, splitting
To separate, cut, or divide into two or more parts; cause to separate along the grain or length; break into layers.
Webster's New World
To break or tear apart; burst; rend.
Webster's New World
To cause to be split unintentionally.
Split my pants laughing.
American Heritage
To cause to undergo nuclear fission or division into elements.
Splitting atomic nuclei with neutrons; splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
American Heritage
To break or tear apart by force; burst; rend.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
splits
The act or process of splitting.
Webster's New World
The result of splitting.
Webster's New World
A breach or rupture in a group.
A split that threatened the unity of the political party.
American Heritage
The division of a company's stock by issuing multiples of the existing shares with a corresponding reduction in the price of each share.
American Heritage
A splinter; sliver.
Webster's New World
adjective
Divided or separated along the length or grain.
Webster's New World
Divided, separated, or disunited.
Webster's New World
Fissured longitudinally; cleft.
American Heritage
idiom
split hairs
  • To see or make trivial distinctions; quibble.
American Heritage
split one's sides
  • To laugh heartily.
American Heritage
split the difference
  • To take half of a disputed amount as a compromise.
American Heritage
split off
  • to break off or separate as by splitting
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Split

Noun

Singular:
split
Plural:
split-7s, splits

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Origin of Split

  • Dutch splitten from Middle Dutch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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