split
1. extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
acrobatic stunt, acrobatic feat
2. a bottle containing half the usual amount
• Hypernyms:
bottle, bottleful
3. a promised or claimed share of loot or money
- he demanded his split before they disbanded
• Hypernyms:
share, portion, part, percentage
4. a lengthwise crack in wood
- he inserted the wedge into a split in the log
• Hypernyms:
crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
5. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- there was a rip in his pants
- she had snags in her stockings
• Syn:
rip, rent, snag, tear
• Derivationally related forms:
tear (for: tear), rip (for: rip)
• Hypernyms:
opening, gap
6. a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
• Hypernyms:
frozen dessert
• Hyponyms:
banana split
7. (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
• Topics:
tenpins, tenpin bowling
• Hypernyms:
formation
8. 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
• Syn:
stock split, split up
• Hypernyms:
increase, step-up
9. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
• Syn:
rent, rip
• Derivationally related forms:
rip (for: rip)
• Hypernyms:
tear
10. division of a group into opposing factions
- another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
• Syn:
schism
• Derivationally related forms:
schismatic (for: schism), schismatical (for: schism)
• Hypernyms:
division
1. separate into parts or portions (Freq. 4)
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
• Syn:
divide, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
• Ant:
unite (for: divide)
• Derivationally related forms:
divisible (for: divide), division (for: divide), divider (for: divide)
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
subdivide, format, initialize, initialise, sectionalize,
sectionalise, triangulate, unitize, unitise, lot, parcel,
sliver, splinter, paragraph, canton, Balkanize, Balkanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (Freq. 3)
- cleave the bone
• Syn:
cleave, rive
• Derivationally related forms:
splitter, cleft (for: cleave), cleavage (for: cleave), cleaver (for: cleave)
• Hypernyms:
tear
• Hyponyms:
maul, laminate
• Verb Group:
cleave
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The girls split the wooden sticks
3. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure (Freq. 2)
- The bubble burst
• Syn:
burst, break open
• Derivationally related forms:
burst (for: burst)
• Hypernyms:
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
• Hyponyms:
pop, blow, stave, stave in
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The wooden sticks split
4. go one's own way;
move apart (Freq. 2)
- The friends separated after the party
• Syn:
separate, part
• Derivationally related forms:
parting (for: part), separation (for: separate)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out, break up, diffract
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. discontinue an association or relation;
go different ways (Freq. 2)
- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
• Syn:
separate, part, split up, break, break up
• Derivationally related forms:
breakup (for: break up), break (for: break), separatist (for: separate), separation (for: separate)
• Hyponyms:
give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate, disunify, break apart,
disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint, break with,
split up, secede, splinter, break away, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
1. having been divided;
having the unity destroyed (Freq. 1)
- "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
• Syn:
disconnected, disunited, fragmented
• Similar to:
divided
• Derivationally related forms:
disconnectedness (for: disconnected)
2. (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
- we bought split logs for the fireplace
• Similar to:
cut
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