Synonym: bisect, break, cleave, crack, divide, halve, partition, separate, sever. Antonym: unite. Similar words: display, on display, little by little, supplier, explicit, compliance, complicated, implication. Meaning: [splɪt] n. 1. extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back) 2. a bottle containing half the usual amount 3. a promised or claimed share of loot or money 4. a lengthwise crack in wood 5. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart 6. an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea 7. a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts 8. (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl 9. an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity 10. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something 11. division of a group into opposing factions. v. 1. separate into parts or portions 2. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument 3. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways 4. go one's own way; move apart 5. break open or apart suddenly. adj. 1. being divided or separated 2. having been divided; having the unity destroyed 3. (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain.
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181. The union is desperate to avoid a split over this issue.
182. Who told you that Mary and I had split up?
183. The profits will be split evenly between the three of us.
184. We were split up into groups to discuss the question.
185. A huge lump of rock had split off from the cliff face.
186. The storm split a branch off from the main trunk.
187. The house has now been split up into individual flats.
188. His time is split between the London and Paris offices.
189. I split up with my last boyfriend three years ago.
190. Her company has had to split up and work from two locations.
191. The scientist Ernest Rutherford was the first person to split the atom.
192. With one last chop he split the log in two.
193. The back of the garment is split for ease in walking.
194. We nearly split our sides laughing/with laughter watching Paul trying to get the dog into the bicycle basket.
195. I found it dull to split hairs over the privacy of a person who counted on one's card.
More similar words: display, on display, little by little, supplier, explicit, compliance, complicated, implication, application, accomplishment, accomplishments, elite, little, utility, ability, a little, literary, military, facility, literally, mortality, sexuality, political, coalition, stability, liability, satellite, facilities, capability, militarism.