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split·ting       [split-ing] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.being split or causing something to split.
2.violent or severe, as a headache.
3.very fast or rapid.
–noun
4.Usually, splittings. a part or fragment that has been split off from something: Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.
[Origin: 1585–95; split + -ing2, -ing1]
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split       [split] Pronunciation Key verb, split, split·ting, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
2.to separate by cutting, chopping, etc., usually lengthwise: to split a piece from a block.
3.to tear or break apart; rend or burst: The wind split the sail.
4.to divide into distinct parts or portions (often fol. by up): We split up our rations.
5.to separate (a part) by such division.
6.to divide (persons) into different groups, factions, parties, etc., as by discord: to split a political party.
7.to separate (a group, family, etc.) by such division.
8.to cast (a ballot or vote) for candidates of more than one political party.
9.to divide between two or more persons, groups, etc.; share: We split a bottle of wine.
10.to separate into parts by interposing something: to split an infinitive.
11.Physics, Chemistry. to divide (molecules or atoms) by cleavage into smaller parts.
12.to issue additional shares of (stock) without charge to existing stockholders, thereby dividing their interest into a larger number of shares and reducing the price per share.
13.Slang. leave; depart from: Let's split this scene.
–verb (used without object)
14.to divide, break, or part lengthwise: The board split in half.
15.to part, divide, or separate in any way (often fol. by up): The group of children split up into two teams. We'll split up here and meet later.
16.to break asunder, as a ship by striking on a rock.
17.to become separated, as a piece or part from a whole.
18.to part or separate, as through disagreement; sever relations: They split up after a year of marriage. He split with the company after a policy dispute.
19.to divide or share something with another or others; apportion.
20.Slang. to leave; depart.
–noun
21.the act of splitting.
22.a crack, tear, or fissure caused by splitting.
23.a piece or part separated by or as by splitting.
24.a breach or rupture, as between persons, in a party or organization, etc.
25.a faction, party, etc., formed by a rupture or schism.
26.an ice-cream dish made from sliced fruit, usually a banana, and ice cream, and covered with syrup and nuts.
27.Also called, especially British, nip. a bottle for wine or, sometimes, another beverage, containing from 6 to 61/2 oz. (170 to 184 g).
28.a bottle, as of soda, liquor, etc., which is half the usual size.
29.a strip split from an osier, used in basketmaking.
30.Masonry. a brick of normal length and breadth but of half normal thickness, used to give level support to a course of bricks laid over one not level.
31.Often, splits. the feat of separating the legs while sinking to the floor, until they extend at right angles to the body, as in stage performances or gymnastics.
32.Bowling. an arrangement of the pins remaining after the first bowl in two separated groups, so that a spare is difficult.
33.Philately. bisect (def. 5).
34.one of the layers of leather into which a skin is cut.
35.the act of splitting a stock.
–adjective
36.that has undergone splitting; parted lengthwise; cleft.
37.disunited; divided: a split opinion.
38.(of a stock quotation) given in sixteenths instead of eighths of a point.
39.(of a stock) having undergone a split.
—Idioms
40.split hairs. hair (def. 11).
41.split the difference. difference (def. 13).
[Origin: 1570–80; 1950–55 for def. 13; < D splitten; akin to splijten, G spleissen to split]

—Related forms
split·ta·ble, adjective
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split       (splĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   split, split·ting, splits

v.   tr.
  1. To divide from end to end or along the grain by or as if by a sharp blow. See Synonyms at tear1.
    1. To break, burst, or rip apart with force; rend. See Synonyms at break.
    2. To affect with force in a way that suggests tearing apart: A lightning bolt split the night sky.
  3. To separate (people or groups, for example); disunite.
  4. To divide and share: split a dessert.
  5. To divide, as for convenience or proper ordering: split the project up into stages.
  6. To separate (leather, for example) into layers.
  7. To mark (a vote or ballot) in favor of candidates from different parties.
  8. To divide (stock) by issuing multiples of the existing stock with a corresponding reduction in the price of each share, so that the total value of the stock is unchanged.
  9. Sports To win half the games of (a series or double-header).
  10. Slang To depart from; leave: a mobster who suddenly split town.

v.   intr.
  1. To become separated into parts, especially to undergo lengthwise division.
  2. To become broken or ripped apart, especially from internal pressure.
  3. To become or admit of being divided: Let's split up into teams. This poem doesn't split up into stanzas very well.
  4. Informal To become divided or part company as a result of discord or disagreement: She split with the regular party organization. They split up after a year of marriage.
  5. To divide or share something with others.
  6. Slang To depart; leave: All the older kids have split to go dancing.

n.  
  1. The act of splitting or the result of it.
  2. A breach or rupture in a group.
  3. A splinter.
  4. Something divided and portioned out; a share.
  5. Sports The recorded time for an interval or segment of a race.
  6. A strip of flexible wood used for making baskets.
    1. A bottle of an alcoholic or carbonated beverage half the usual size.
    2. A drink of half the usual quantity.
    3. A half pint.
  8. A dessert of sliced fruit, ice cream, and toppings.
  9. Sports An acrobatic feat in which the legs are stretched out straight in opposite directions at right angles to the trunk. Often used in the plural.
  10. Sports An arrangement of bowling pins left standing after a bowl, in which two or more pins remain standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
  11. A single thickness of a split hide.

adj.  
  1. Having been divided or separated.
  2. Fissured longitudinally; cleft.
    1. Quoted in 16ths rather than in 8ths. Used of stocks.
    2. Having been split. Used of stocks.


[Dutch splitten, from Middle Dutch.]

split'ter n.
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split·ting       (splĭt'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Very severe: a splitting headache.

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splitting

adjective
resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending] 

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splitting split·ting (splĭt'ĭng)
n.
The chemical change in which a covalent bond in a molecule is cleaved, producing two or more simpler fragments.

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