SPLIT (splitting)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Split mean? 

• SPLIT (noun)
  The noun SPLIT has 11 senses:

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

4. a lengthwise crack in wood

5. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

6. an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

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

8. (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

9. an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

10. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

11. division of a group into opposing factions

  Familiarity information: SPLIT used as a noun is familiar.

• SPLIT (adjective)
  The adjective SPLIT has 2 senses:

1. having been divided; having the unity destroyed

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

  Familiarity information: SPLIT used as an adjective is rare.

• SPLIT (verb)
  The verb SPLIT has 5 senses:

1. separate into parts or portions

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

3. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

4. go one's own way; move apart

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

  Familiarity information: SPLIT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

acrobatic feat; acrobatic stunt (a stunt performed by an acrobat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bottle containing half the usual amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

bottle; bottleful (the quantity contained in a bottle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A promised or claimed share of loot or money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

he demanded his split before they disbanded

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)

Derivation:

split (separate into parts or portions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A lengthwise crack in wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he inserted the wedge into a split in the log

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

cleft; crack; crevice; fissure; scissure (a long narrow opening)

Derivation:

split (come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

rent; rip; snag; split; tear

Context example:

she had snags in her stockings

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

gap; opening (an open or empty space in or between things)

Derivation:

split (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument)

Sense 6

Meaning:

An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Split" is a part of...):

Croatia; Hrvatska; Republic of Croatia (a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

frozen dessert (any of various desserts prepared by freezing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "split"):

banana split (a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

formation (a particular spatial arrangement)

Domain category:

tenpin bowling; tenpins (bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins)

Sense 9

Meaning:

An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

split; split up; stock split

Context example:

they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Sense 10

Meaning:

The act of rending or ripping or splitting something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rent; rip; split

Context example:

he gave the envelope a vigorous rip

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

tear (the act of tearing)

Derivation:

split (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Division of a group into opposing factions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

schism; split

Context example:

another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy

Hypernyms ("split" is a kind of...):

division (the act or process of dividing)

Derivation:

split (go one's own way; move apart)

split (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

• SPLIT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having been divided; having the unity destroyed

Synonyms:

disconnected; disunited; fragmented; split

Context example:

a split group

Similar:

divided (separated into parts or pieces)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Context example:

we bought split logs for the fireplace

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

• SPLIT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Separate into parts or portions

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up

Context example:

The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

Hypernyms (to "split" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split"):

subdivide (divide into smaller and smaller pieces)

format; initialise; initialize (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data)

sectionalise; sectionalize (divide into sections, especially into geographic sections)

triangulate (divide into triangles or give a triangular form to)

unitise; unitize (divide (bulk material) and process as units)

lot (divide into lots, as of land, for example)

parcel (divide into parts)

sliver; splinter (divide into slivers or splinters)

paragraph (divide into paragraphs, as of text)

canton (divide into cantons, of a country)

Balkanise; Balkanize (divide a territory into small, hostile states)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

split (a promised or claimed share of loot or money)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cleave; rive; split

Context example:

cleave the bone

Hypernyms (to "split" is one way to...):

tear (to separate or be separated by force)

Verb group:

cleave (make by cutting into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split"):

maul (split (wood) with a maul and wedges)

laminate (split (wood) into thin sheets)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The girls split the wooden sticks

Derivation:

split (the act of rending or ripping or splitting something)

split (an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart)

splitter (a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences)

splitter (a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up

Context example:

My friend and I split up

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split"):

divorce; split up (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)

break; break away (interrupt a continued activity)

break away; secede; splinter (withdraw from an organization or communion)

break with (end a relationship)

disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce (part; cease or break association with)

break apart; disunify (break up or separate)

give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate (terminate a relationship abruptly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

split (division of a group into opposing factions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Go one's own way; move apart

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

part; separate; split

Context example:

The friends separated after the party

Hypernyms (to "split" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split"):

disperse; dissipate; scatter; spread out (move away from each other)

break up (come apart)

diffract (undergo diffraction)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

split (division of a group into opposing factions)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

break open; burst; split

Context example:

The bubble burst

Hypernyms (to "split" is one way to...):

break; come apart; fall apart; separate; split up (become separated into pieces or fragments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split"):

pop (burst open with a sharp, explosive sound)

blow (burst suddenly)

stave; stave in (burst or force (a hole) into something)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The wooden sticks split

Derivation:

split (a lengthwise crack in wood)

 Context examples 

A condition in which the death of adipose tissue results in neutral fats being split into fatty acids and glycerol.

(Fat necrosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif protein 1 (304 aa, ~33 kDa) is encoded by the human HEY1 gene.

(Hairy/Enhancer-of-Split Related with YRPW Motif Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif protein 2 (337 aa, ~36 kDa) is encoded by the human HEY2 gene.

(Hairy/Enhancer-Of-Split Related With YRPW Motif Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif protein 1, plays a role in protein dimerization and the negative regulation of transcription.

(HEY1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Connecting peptide and insulin are both part of a larger molecule that gets split apart before being released into the blood.

(Connecting peptide, NCI Dictionary)

There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck, and each one splits into two branches.

(Carotid artery, NCI Dictionary)

These are cells that split off from tumors and float through the bloodstream.

(Magnetic Wires May Soon Be Used in Your Veins to Detect Cancer Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They were further split into 2 age categories: 50 to 65, and 66 and older.

(Protein Consumption Linked to Longevity, NIH)

As these first stars came to life, their light split neutral atoms apart, making the universe transparent.

(First Stars Formed Later Than We Thought, NASA)

This allele, which encodes hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif protein 2, plays a role in both Notch signal transduction and transcriptional repression.

(HEY2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)