1. Separate into parts or portions
   "split the cake into three equal parts"; "split up the cake into three equal parts";
   - divide, split up, separate, dissever [rare], carve up
    
2. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   "split the bone";
   - cleave, rive [archaic]
    
3. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   "My friend and I split up";
   - separate, part, split up, break, break up
    
4. Go one's own way; move apart
   "The friends split after the party";
   - separate, part
    
5. Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   "The bubble split";
   - burst, break open

1. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
   "there was a split in his pants";
   - rip, rent, snag, tear
    
2. A lengthwise crack in wood
   "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
    
3. Division of a group into opposing factions
   "another split like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy";
   - schism
    
4. The act of rending, ripping or splitting something
   "The split in the fabric needed immediate repair";
   - rent, rip
    
5. 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"; "The company announced a 2-for-1 stock split to make shares more accessible to small investors";
   - stock split
    
6. Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
   "The dancer ended her routine with a perfect split"
    
7. A bottle containing half the usual amount
   "They ordered a split of champagne for their anniversary toast"
    
8. A promised or claimed share of loot or money
   "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
    
9. A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
   "We ordered a banana split for dessert"
    
10. (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"

1. (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
   "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
    
2. Having been divided; having the unity destroyed
   "a split group";
   - disconnected, disunited, fragmented

1. A historic Croatian city on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, known for its Roman ruins including Diocletian's Palace
   "Split is Croatia's second-largest city and a major tourist destination"

Derived forms: split, splits, splitting

See also: cut, divided

Type of: acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt, bottle, bottleful, break, break off, cease, change integrity, city, cleft, come apart, crack, crevice, discontinue, division, fall apart, fissure, formation, frozen dessert, gap, give up, increase, lay off, metropolis, move, opening, part, percentage, portion, quit, scissure, separate, share, split up, step-up, stop, surcease [archaic], tear, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Croatia, Hrvatska, Republic of Croatia

Encyclopedia: Split, Yugoslavia