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split English

Meaning split meaning

What does split mean?
Definitions in simple English

split Verb

— If a group of people splits or is split, the people don't agree, so the group becomes more than one group. Female voters overall are evenly split between Obama (48%) and McCain (47%). A year after splitting with his wife, he's back in New Zealand. — If you split something, you separate, cut, or break it into different parts. East and West Germany were split apart at the end of World War II. She split the wood in half. They split into two teams. The two agreed to split the bill. — If you split your skin, you cut it by hitting it. — If you split, you leave. — A splitting headache is a very painful headache.

split Noun

— A split between two groups is a strong disagreement. Time brought about the split between Moscow and Beijing. — A split in something, is a place where it breaks into two or where there is a long thing opening. The split in the wood had grown wider over the years. — If you do the splits, you spread your legs so that your feet are pointing away from each other. — A kind of ice cream dessert.

split

— noun extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) — verb (= divide, separate, carve up) separate into parts or portions divide the cake into three equal parts The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I — verb (= cleave) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument cleave the bone — verb (= burst) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure The bubble burst — verb (= separate) go one's own way; move apart The friends separated after the party — verb (= separate, split up, break) 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 — adjective (= disconnected, disunited, fragmented) 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 — adjective (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain we bought split logs for the fireplace — noun a bottle containing half the usual amount — noun a promised or claimed share of loot or money he demanded his split before they disbanded — noun a lengthwise crack in wood he inserted the wedge into a split in the log — noun 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 — noun (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 — noun a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts — noun (= schism) division of a group into opposing factions another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy — noun (= rent, rip) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something he gave the envelope a vigorous rip — noun (= rip, snag) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart there was a rip in his pants she had snags in her stockings

Split

— noun an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

Synonyms split synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as split?

split English » English

crack divide break tear cleave separate burst rip part cut rent rend cracked cleft split up splinter fissure torn sever divided chop broken rift break up fracture break off shatter division chap rive pierce divorce break open separation schism rupture halve chink leave explode crevice crack open tear open stock split slit share separated partition cloven breach

Topics split topics

What do people use split to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Flow
Physical actions

Divide into pieces
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Crack
Person Body

Hair
Person Life Marriage

Divorce
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Daily life Food Types of food

Prepared food
Daily life Adornment

Care for hair
Daily life Fire

Fuel
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly

Conjugation split conjugation

How do you conjugate split?

split · verb

Examples split examples

How do I use split in a sentence?

Simple sentences

When I said that work had got busy so could we split the housework my husband pulled a face.
How to split two varibles using delimiter?
I think it's time for me to split.
I heard Tom split up with Mary.
We split up the loot among the three of us.
The money will probably be split evenly between those two.
Don't split hairs.
The world is split into two camps.
We'd like to split it. Could you bring it to us on two plates?
A sharp crack of thunder split the sky.
The story was so funny that I split my sides.
A good word may split open a rock, but a bad word - a head.
Let's split the bill.
First, we decide on what needs to be decided, then we split into two teams.
Your turn to split!
That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
The two of us split up last year.
Tom heard that Mary and John had split up.
Tom has a split personality.
Let's split it.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
I heard that Carol and Will have split up.
They split up after a year of marriage.
The two of them split up.
First, we decide on that which needs to be decided, then we split into two teams.
Who first split the atom?
Let's split up and look for Tom.
Tom split up with Mary.
The snake has a split or forked tongue.

Movie subtitles

My parents split up when I was little, your Mom left, we don't have the greatest role models here.
Not everything has to do with my split from Eddie.
There was a bachelor party nearby, and one of the guys split beer all over my notes, but I transcribed them when I got home.
Split the money three ways and I will take care of everything.
We'll have to split this up among us.
And when we split, we split my way.
I got my own ideas of a split.
Yeah, well, I bossed this job and I'm gonna get my split.
Well, the split's okay with me, Rico.
Rico wants you to come and get your split.
Don't you want a split?
And I don't want no split.
Come with me and get your split. - Ah!
It'll be more efficient if we split up.
From there, some headed to Chicago, others to the mountains of Minnesota, meaning they've split into three units.
I hate her! If she tries to split us up, I'll get her!
Come with me and get your split.
It won't snap, split or break.
We'll double our chances if we split.
In any case, suddenly, lickety-split, planning the wedding of my dreams.
Any luck? - We'll have to split this up among us.
Jerry has split with his father.
Tell me, he can split me in two like a jolly amoeba.
If we split and go out one by one, we've still got a chance to collect the dough.
Split it between you.
Maybe it would be better if we split up.
When I left him he had a split lip and couple of dents in him. but he was just as much alive as you are.
Luck was ours that night. and we split 18,000 francs.
We split up.
When we split up, Jim took it.

News and current affairs

Czechoslovakia split into two separate states.
Nor is it clear that the split within the Iranian elite between revolutionary purists and those with a merchant-class mentality would lead to regime change any time soon.
If anything, the risks of a US-Europe split will be reduced rather than increased by the EU's recent enlargement.
On the right, support for conservative parties is split between business interests that benefit from immigration or supranational institutions, and groups that feel threatened by them.
And the break-up of Standard Oil took place in great American style: the company was split into more than 30 pieces, the shareholders did very well, and the Rockefeller family went on to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the American public.
If there is one candidate who can accomplish this, who can contribute, in a split second, to restoring America's international reputation, it is Barack Obama.
This split obscures the underlying uniformity of thought.
It would decisively split Europe by allowing the big countries and their satellites to go their own way.
When two monkeys work for food, a fair split is expected.
In particular, there is strong evidence that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) split into two major factions, with one supporting Jalili and the other backing Qalibaf.
One proposal currently making the rounds in Frankfurt is to split Issing's current portfolio in two, transferring part of the chief economist's responsibilities to another Board member.
Before that, it could not be said to be a unique, identifiable future person; it might still split and become twins.
The verdicts are likely to boost support in the runoff for Morsi, who split the Islamist vote with two other candidates in the election's first round.
Several Europe countries, too, have revealed a less dramatic left-right split, with Spain and Italy - though not Poland and the Czech Republic - moving somewhat to the left.
Africa has been described as a continent having a triple heritage, and the African Muslim, too, has a split personality.
Therefore I am worried by today's split within the EU as well as between some member countries and the US over Iraq.
The split within the EU and NATO has increased the risk of armed conflict with Iraq because the pressure on Iraq to comply with the UN resolutions was weakened.
But the world is split over whether to believe that Iran is actually doing what it says.
The participants in the deliberations that resulted in New Power, New Responsibility split on this question.
Following the disturbances in Tibet and the troubles affecting the Olympic torch's progress around the world, some voices abroad are showing a greater inclination to dismiss, vilify, humiliate, or even split China.
Part of the difficulty of exposing this narrowness is that there is a family split among neo-classical economists between those who believe that real-world market economies approximate perfect competition and those who don't.

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