SPLIT UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does split up mean? 

• SPLIT UP (noun)
  The noun SPLIT UP has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SPLIT UP used as a noun is very rare.

• SPLIT UP (verb)
  The verb SPLIT UP has 4 senses:

1. get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

2. separate into parts or portions

3. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

4. become separated into pieces or fragments

  Familiarity information: SPLIT UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLIT UP (noun)

Sense 1

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 up" is a kind of...):

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

• SPLIT UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

divorce; split up

Context example:

The couple divorced after only 6 months

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

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

"Split up" entails doing...:

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue split up

Sense 2

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 up" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

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

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

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 up"):

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

break; break away (interrupt a continued activity)

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

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Become separated into pieces or fragments

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

break; come apart; fall apart; separate; split up

Context example:

The freshly baked loaf fell apart

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

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Verb group:

break (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments)

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

puncture (be pierced or punctured)

burst; bust (break open or apart suddenly and forcefully)

smash (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow)

ladder; run (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging)

crack; snap (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension)

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

crush (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure)

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s