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
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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
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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
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Split
Origin of Split
Dutch splitten from Middle Dutch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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