ENGLISH: split - CREOLE: separe



Overview of noun split



The noun split has 11 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (5) split -- (extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back))

2. split -- (a bottle containing half the usual amount)

3. split -- (a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded")

4. split -- (a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log")

5. rip, rent, snag, split, tear -- (an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings")

6. Split -- (an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea)

7. split -- (a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts)

8. split -- ((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")

9. split, stock split, split up -- (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")

10. rent, rip, split -- (the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip")

11. schism, split -- (division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy")



Overview of verb split



The verb split has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (4) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, 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")

2. (3) cleave, split, rive -- (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone")

3. (2) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (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")

4. (2) separate, part, split -- (go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party")

5. (2) burst, split, break open -- (break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst")



Overview of adj split



The adj split has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) split -- (being divided or separated; "split between love and hate")

2. (1) disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split -- (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")

3. split -- ((especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace")

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