SPLIT
\splˈɪt], \splˈɪt], \s_p_l_ˈɪ_t]\
Definitions of SPLIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
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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"
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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"
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(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"
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a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
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an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
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a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
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a bottle containing half the usual amount
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(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
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a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
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go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
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broken or burst apart longitudinally; "after the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk"; "they tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split watermelon"
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having a long rip or tear; "a split lip"
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being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"
By Princeton University
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break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
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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"
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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"
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(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"
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a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
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an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
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a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
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a bottle containing half the usual amount
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(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any of the dents of a reed.
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Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current.
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Short for Split shot or stroke.
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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.
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Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
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To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
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To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
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To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
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To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
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To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
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To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
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To separate into parties or factions.
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To burst with laughter.
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To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
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to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.
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A crack, or longitudinal fissure.
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A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
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A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
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Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
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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.
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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 is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.
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Divided; cleft.
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Divided deeply; cleft.
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Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; - usually in pl.
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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.
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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.
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Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10 is a split quotation.
By Oddity Software
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Any of the dents of a reed.
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Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current.
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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.
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Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
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Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; - usually in pl.
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Short for shot or stroke.
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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.
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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.
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Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10 is a split quotation.
By Noah Webster.
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To divide lengthwise; rend or tear apart violently; to divide or break up into parts or sides, as a political party.
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A rent or crack; division or separation, as in a political party; rupture.
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Split.
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Splitting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cleave lengthwise: to tear asunder violently: to divide: to throw into discord.
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To divide or part asunder: to be dashed to pieces:-pr.p. splitting; pa.t. and pa.p. split.
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A crack or rent lengthwise.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To divide lengthwise; tear asunder; rend; separate.
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The act or result of splitting; a fissure; rupture; schism.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Divided. To split on a rock, to err fatally.
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A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure; a breach or separation.
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To divide lengthwise; to rive; to cleave; to rend; to divide; to break into discord; to strain and pain with laughter.
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To burst; to burst with laughter; to be dashed to pieces.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To divide or separate lengthwise; to rive; to rend; to throw into discord, as a party; to burst or part asunder; to be broken, as a ship.
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A rent; a crack; a fissure or crack lengthwise; a breach or division in a party.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
Word of the day
Under-arm
- Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above elbow, that is, swung far out from body; underhand. Cf. Over-and Round-Arm.