split /split/

1. To break in pieces, wreck
2. To rend
3. To divide or separate lengthwise
4. To divide, share
5. To disunite
6. To divulge (informal)

1. To be dashed to pieces (often with up)
2. To suffer shipwreck
3. To divide or come apart (often with up)
4. To divulge secrets (informal)
5. To divide one's votes instead of plumping
6. To burst with laughter
7. To go at full speed
8. To leave, to make oneself scarce (slang)
9. To break off relations (with) (informal; often with up)

1. A crack or rent lengthwise
2. A schism
3. A half-bottle of aerated water, etc, a half-glass of spirits
4. (in pl with the) the acrobatic feat of going down to the floor with the legs spread out laterally or one forward and one back
5. A division, share-out (usu of money, stolen goods, etc) (informal)
6. A kind of rough suede made from an inner separated layer of hide, so having the same finish on both sides (also split leather)
7. A sweet dish, usu of sliced-open fruit and cream, ice-cream, etc
8. A piece of wood split for kindling or basket-weaving (Can)
9. A split-level house or apartment (US)
10. A split time

1. Having been split
2. Having a split or break

splittˈer noun

1. Someone who, or that which, splits
2. Someone who splits hairs in argument, classification, etc
3. A splitting headache (informal)
4. A fastball thrown with the middle and index fingers spread apart, causing it to break sharply downwards (baseball)

splittˈing adjective

1. Rending
2. Cleaving
3. Ear-splitting
4. (of a headache) very severe
5. Very rapid

splittˈism noun

splittˈist noun and adjective

(a person) advocating the withdrawal of a group from a large centralized body

splitˈ-brain adjective (medicine)

Of or involving separation of the cerebral hemispheres by dividing the corpus callosum

split cane noun

Bamboo split to form triangular strips then glued to form a hexagonal rod, used to make strong but flexible fishing rods

split capital trust noun

An investment trust having several kinds of security with differing rights, and with a limited life (also split cap, split investment trust, split-level trust and split trust)

split decision noun

A decision that is not unanimous but is arrived at by a majority, esp in awarding victory in a boxing match

split end noun

1. The end of a hair that has split
2. An offensive end player who lines up some distance from the formation (American football)

split image noun

1. A bisected image, produced in a focusing system in which the two halves are displaced if the camera is out of focus (photography)
2. A spitting image (also splittˈing image)

split-image rangefinder noun

An optical device, used to assist camera focusing, in which the image is split when out of focus and whole when focused

split infinitive noun

An infinitive with an adverb between ‘to’ and the verb, as in to boldly go

split investment trust see split capital trust above.

split leather see split (n) above.

split-levˈel adjective

On more than one level (see also below)

split-level house noun

A one-storey house with rooms on more than one level

split-level trust see split capital trust above.

split mind noun

1. A mental disorder in which the thoughts may become separated from the emotions
2. Loosely, a divided or dual opinion or feeling (about something)

splitˈ-new adjective (Scot)

Brand-new

splitˈ-off noun (US finance)

An exchange of the stock in a subsidiary company with part of the stock in the parent company

split pea see under pea¹

split personality noun

Dual personality

split pin noun

A pin made of a doubled piece of metal formed into a ring at the head and usu inserted in a hole in a bolt to hold a nut, etc firmly

split ring noun

A ring made up of two or more loops of metal that may be stretched apart, as for keeping keys together

split screen noun

1. A cinematic technique of showing different scenes simultaneously on separate parts of the screen, also used in television
2. A facility whereby separate areas of the screen may be used to display and carry out separate functions simultaneously (computing)

splitˈ-screen adjective

split second noun

A fraction of a second

splitˈ-second adjective

Timed to a fraction of a second

split-seconds hand noun

A double seconds hand in a chronograph, of which first one and then the other member can be stopped by pressing a button

split shift noun

A working shift divided into two separate periods during the day

split time noun

The time indicated by the split-seconds hand of a chronograph

split trust see split capital trust above.

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