SPLIT

Definition of SPLIT

  1. (noun)extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
  2. (noun)a bottle containing half the usual amount
  3. (noun)a promised or claimed share of loot or money
  4. (noun)a lengthwise crack in wood
  5. (noun)an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  6. (noun)a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
  7. (noun)(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
  8. (noun)an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  9. (noun)the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
  10. (noun)division of a group into opposing factions
  11. (verb)separate into parts or portions
  12. (verb)separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  13. (verb)discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  14. (verb)go one's own way; move apart
  15. (verb)come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
  16. (adj)having been divided; having the unity destroyed
  17. (adj)(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain