split
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Noun (11)
- 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 rip in his pants”“she had snags in her stockings”Synonyms: riprentsnagtear
- an old Croatian city on the Adriatic SeaSynonyms: Split
- 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”Synonyms: stock splitsplit up
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something“he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”Synonyms: rentrip
- division of a group into opposing factions“another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy”Synonyms: schism
Verb (5)
- separate into parts or portions“divide the cake into three equal parts”“The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”Synonyms: dividesplit upseparatedissevercarve up
- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument“cleave the bone”Synonyms: cleaverive
- 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: separatepartsplit upbreakbreak up
- go one's own way; move apart“The friends separated after the party”Synonyms: separatepart
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure“The bubble burst”Synonyms: burstbreak open
Adjective (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”Synonyms: disconnecteddisunitedfragmented
- (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain“we bought split logs for the fireplace”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them. [1913 Webster]
2.To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. [1913 Webster]
The ship splits on the rock.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
3.To separate into parties or factions. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
4.To burst with laughter. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Each had a gravity would make you split.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
5.To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. [Slang] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
6.(Blackjack) To divide one hand of blackjack into two hands; -- a strategy allowed to a player when the first two cards dealt to the player have the same value. [PJC]
7.To leave; to depart (from a place or gathering); as, let's split. [Slang] [PJC]
To split on a rock, to fail; to to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Cold winter split the rocks in twain.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. [1913 Webster]
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water.— Boyle.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
4.(Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. [1913 Webster]
To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety. [1913 Webster]
1.A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure. [1913 Webster]
2.A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
3.A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. [1913 Webster]
4.Specif: (Leather Manuf.), One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses. [1913 Webster]
5.(Faro) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn. [1913 Webster]
6. (a) (Basketwork) Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; -- usually in pl. (b) (Weaving) Any of the dents of a reed. (c) Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7.Short for Split shot or split stroke. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8.(Gymnastics) The feat of going down to the floor so that the legs extend in a straight line, either with one on each side or with one in front and the other behind. [Cant or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9.A small bottle (containing about half a pint) of some drink; -- so called as containing half the quantity of the customary smaller commercial size of bottle; also, a drink of half the usual quantity; a half glass. [Cant or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
10.(Finance) The substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as, a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split. [PJC]
11.(Blackjack) The division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player who chooses to split is obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created. See split[6], v.i. [PJC]
1.Divided; cleft. [1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.) Divided deeply; cleft. [1913 Webster]
3.(Exchanges) (a) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price; -- said of an order, sale, etc. (b) Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 103/16 is a split quotation. (c) (London Stock Exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Split pease, hulled pease split for making soup, etc.
Split pin (Mach.), a pin with one end split so that it may be spread open to secure it in its place.
Split pulley, a parting pulley. See under Pulley.
Split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be strung upon the ring or removed from it.
Split ticket, a ballot in which a voter votes for a portion of the candidates nominated by one party, candidates of other parties being substituted for those omitted. [U.S.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
1.changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled, dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed; burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst, ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed; defaced, marred; hurt, weakened; knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched; storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged, destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound. [WordNet 1.5]
2.Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured; shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound.
Syn: broken. [WordNet 1.5]
3.being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn: discredited. [WordNet 1.5]
4.made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [WordNet 1.5]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<programming> A program like Unix's "split" which breaks an input file into parts, usually of a pre-set size, e.g. the maximum size that can fit on a floppy. The parts can then be assembled with a dechunker, which is usually just the chunker in a different mode.
(1998-12-15)