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split
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- pronunciation:
- splIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- split up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun, adjective)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
splits, splitting, split |
| definition 1: |
to divide (logs, rocks, or the like) sharply, esp. lengthwise or in layers.
He's splitting logs for the fire.- synonyms:
- chop, cleave, cut
- similar words:
- bisect, crack, dissever, divide, hew, rive, slit, wedge
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| definition 2: |
to break up or separate by, or as though by, force; tear apart; rend.
Physicists split atoms.He split a seam.The affair split their marriage.- synonyms:
- break, rend
- similar words:
- burst, cleave, divide, fracture, rift, rip, rive, rupture, separate, sever, tear
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| definition 3: |
to divide into shares (often fol. by "up").
Let's split up the pie.The robbers split the money between them.- synonyms:
- divide, divvy, share
- similar words:
- allocate, allot, apportion, cut, distribute, mete, parcel, partition
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| definition 4: |
to divide or separate into different groups, factions, or the like.
The sheriff split the posse, sending some men north and others west.- synonyms:
- divide
- antonyms:
- ally, unite
- similar words:
- break, estrange, fracture, rupture, separate, sunder
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| definition 5: |
to separate parts of.
They split the company.- synonyms:
- divide, separate
- antonyms:
- merge
- similar words:
- break, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, part, wedge
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| related words: |
bilge, chop, divorce |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to divide, break up or off, or separate.
The road splits here.My fingernail has split.The rock split into fragments.- synonyms:
- divide, separate
- similar words:
- bifurcate, bisect, break, cleave, dissever, fork, fracture, part, rip
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| definition 2: |
to rupture or become disunited, as from internal pressure or disagreement.
The package split open.The group split into factions.- synonyms:
- break, burst, divide, rupture, separate
- similar words:
- bust, dissever, fracture
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| definition 3: |
to divide and share something.
There was only one piece of pizza left, so we split it.- synonyms:
- divvy
- similar words:
- cut, divide, share
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| definition 4: |
(old-fashioned; slang) to leave; depart.
Come on! Let's split!- synonyms:
- leave, shove off, vanish
- similar words:
- bundle, depart, exit, go, hie, mosey, skedaddle
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| related words: |
burst, crack, diverge, flee, leave, run, rupture, separate, sever, shove off, tear, vacate, withdraw |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act, product, or result of splitting.
- synonyms:
- break, crack, divide, rupture
- antonyms:
- merger
- similar words:
- cleft, rent, rip
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| definition 2: |
a breach between two or more people.
- synonyms:
- breach, breakup, rupture
- similar words:
- break, division, divorce, rent, rift
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| definition 3: |
a share.
her split of the profits- synonyms:
- lot, share
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| definition 4: |
a bottle of a beverage such as wine that is half the usual size.
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| definition 5: |
(sometimes pl.) a gymnastic feat in which the legs are extended in opposite directions at right angles to the torso as the body sinks to the ground.
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| related words: |
break, crack, faction, fracture, leak, tear |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
that has been split, burst, broken up, or the like.
- synonyms:
- cleft, rent, riven, torn
- similar words:
- asunder, bisected, broken, burst, cracked, shattered
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| definition 2: |
separated, divided, or disunited.
- synonyms:
- detached, divided, separated
- antonyms:
- adherent
- similar words:
- asunder, cleft, dissevered, disunited, divorced, dual, separate, twofold
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| related words: |
asunder |
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| phrase: |
split up |
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