split in English dictionary

  • split

    Meanings and definitions of "split"

    • (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
    • (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
    • A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
    • A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
    • A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
    • (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
    • (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
    • (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
    • (transitive) To share; to divide.
    • (slang) To leave.
    • to separate or break up.
    • Simple past tense and past participle of split.
    • See split (verb).
    • (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
    • Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
    • (gymnastics, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”) The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind.
    • adjective
      Divided.
    • adjective
      (algebra, of a short exact sequence)
      Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
    • adjective
      (of coffee)
      Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
    • adjective
      (stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.)
      Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
    • adjective
      (stock exchange, historical, of quotations)
      Given in sixteenths rather than the usual eighths.
    • adjective
      (London stock exchange)
      Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
    • noun
      A crack or longitudinal fissure.
    • noun
      A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
    • noun
      A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
    • noun
      (leather manufacture)
      One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
    • noun
      (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”)
      The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the torso completely to the floor in an upright position.
    • noun
      (baseball, slang)
      A split-finger fastball.
    • noun
      (bowling)
      A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
    • noun
      A split shot or split stroke.
    • noun
      A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
    • noun
      A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th ( US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
    • noun
      A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
    • noun
      (athletics)
      The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
    • noun
      (construction)
      A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
    • noun
      (gambling)
      A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
    • noun
      (music)
      A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
    • verb
      (transitive, ergative)
      Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To share; to divide.
    • verb
      (slang)
      To leave.
    • verb
      to separate or break up.
    • verb
      To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
    • verb
      To burst out laughing.
    • verb
      (slang, dated)
      To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
    • verb
      (sports)
      In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game.
    • acrobatic feat
    • divide along a more or less straight line
    • share out
    • leave
    • separate
    • To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
    • To divide an audio or video clip into two clips.
    • (to) split
    • split (the opposition)
    • burst (open)
    • To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
    • adjective
      (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
    • adjective
      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"
    • 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
      an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
    • noun
      a bottle containing half the usual amount
    • noun
      a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
    • noun
      a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
    • noun
      a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
    • noun
      division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
    • noun
      extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
    • 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
      the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
    • verb
      come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
    • verb
      separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
    • verb
      separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

    Synonyms of "split" in English dictionary

    rive, cleft, acrobatic stunt are the top synonyms of "split" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "split" in English dictionary

    unite is the antonym of "split" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of split

    • split ( plural  splits)
    • split ( third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)
    • split ( not comparable)
    • split, split, split; he ~s; be ~ting
    • split (plural splits)
    • split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)
  • Split

    Meanings and definitions of "split"

    • A port city in Croatia.
    • proper
      A port city in Croatia.
    • port city in Croatia
    • noun
      an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

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