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Translations:

split — divide along a more or less straight line
→ splitsen
→ splijten
split — to separate, divide
→ afzonderen
→ scheiden

More translations:

split
→ splijten
split
→ verdelen
split
→ spleet

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 11

  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”
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  1. a lengthwise crack in wood

    • “he inserted the wedge into a split in the log”

  2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

    • “there was a rip in his pants”
    • “she had snags in her stockings”
    Synonymsriprentsnagtear

  3. an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

  4. a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

  5. (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”

  6. 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”
    Synonymsstock splitsplit up

  7. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

    • “he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”
    Synonymsrentrip

  8. division of a group into opposing factions

    • “another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy”
    Synonymsschism

VERB 5

  1. separate into parts or portions

    • “divide the cake into three equal parts”
    • “The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”
    Synonymsdividesplit upseparatedissevercarve up

  2. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

    • “cleave the bone”
    Synonymscleaverive

  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”
    Synonymsseparatepartsplit upbreakbreak up
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  1. go one's own way; move apart

    • “The friends separated after the party”
    Synonymsseparatepart

  2. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

    • “The bubble burst”
    Synonymsburstbreak open

ADJECTIVE 2

  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”
    Synonymsdisconnecteddisunitedfragmented

  2. (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

    • “we bought split logs for the fireplace”