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Webster 1913 Edition


Split

Split

(splĭt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Split
(
Splitted
,
R.
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Splitting
.]
[Probably of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan.
splitte
, LG.
splitten
, OD.
splitten
,
spletten
, D.
splijten
, G.
spleissen
, MHG.
splīzen
. Cf.
Splice
,
Splint
,
Splinter
.]
1.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers; to rive; to cleave;
as, to
split
a piece of timber or a board; to
split
a gem; to
split
a sheepskin
.
Cold winter
split
the rocks in twain.
Dryden.
2.
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble
split
asunder by congealed water.
Boyle.
3.
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
[Colloq.]
South.
4.
(Chem.)
To divide or separate into components; – often used with up;
as, to
split
up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid
.
To split hairs
,
to make distinctions of useless nicety.

Split

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst;
as, vessels
split
by the freezing of water in them
.
2.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
The ship
splits
on the rock.
Shakespeare
3.
To separate into parties or factions.
[Colloq.]
4.
To burst with laughter.
[Colloq.]
Each had a gravity would make you
split
.
Pope.
5.
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
[Slang]
Thackeray.
To split on a rock
,
to fail; to to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.

Split

,
Noun.
1.
A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure.
2.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
[Colloq.]
3.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
4.
Specif:
(Leather Manuf.)
,
One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
5.
(Faro)
A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.

Split

,
Adj.
1.
Divided; cleft.
2.
(Bot.)
Divided deeply; cleft.

Webster 1828 Edition


Split

SPLIT

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. split. [G. See Spalt.]
1.
To divide longitudinally or lengthwise; to separate a thing from end to end by force; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber; to split a board. It differs from crack. To crack is to open or partially separate; to split is to separate entirely.
2.
To rend; to tear asunder by violence; to burst; as, to split a rock or a sail.
Cold winter splits the rocks in twain.
3.
To divide; to part; as, to split a hair. The phrases to split the heart, to split a ray of light, are now inelegant and obsolete, especially the former. The phrase, to split the earth, is not strictly correct.
4.
To dash and break on a rock; as, a ship stranded and split.
5.
To divide; to break into discord; as a people split into parties.
6.
To strain and pain with laughter; as, to split the sides.

SPLIT

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To burst; to part asunder; to suffer disruption; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them. Glass vessels often split when heated too suddenly.
2.
To burst with laughter.
Each had a gravity would make you split.
3.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. We were driven upon a rock, and the ship immediately split.
To split on a rock, to fail; to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.

Definition 2024


Split

Split

See also: split

English

Proper noun

Split

  1. A port city in Croatia.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos), Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos).

Proper noun

Split f

  1. Split (a city in Croatia)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splît/

Proper noun

Splȉt m (Cyrillic spelling Спли̏т)

  1. Split (port city in Croatia)

Declension

split

split

See also: Split

English

Adjective

split (not comparable)

  1. Divided.
    Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
    • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
      With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever.
  2. (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
  3. (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
  4. (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.
  5. (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than the usual eighths.
    is a split quotation.
  6. (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

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Noun

split (plural splits)

  1. A crack or longitudinal fissure.
  2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
  3. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
  4. (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
  5. (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.
  6. (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
    He’s got a nasty split.
  7. (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
  8. A split shot or split stroke.
  9. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
  10. 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.
  11. A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
  12. (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
    In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
  13. (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
  14. (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.
  15. (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.

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Verb

split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)

  1. (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
    He has split his lip.
    • Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
      a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
  2. (transitive) To share; to divide.
    We split the money among three people.
    • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, In the News”, in American Scientist:
      The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. This system splits water molecules and delivers some of their electrons to other molecules that help build up carbohydrates.
  3. (slang) To leave.
    Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
  4. to separate or break up.
    Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
  5. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
    • Shakespeare
      The ship splits on the rock.
  6. To burst out laughing.
    • Alexander Pope
      Each had a gravity would make you split.
  7. (slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)
  8. (sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game.
    Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.

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Danish

Verb

split

  1. imperative of splitte

Swedish

split (side split)
spagat (front split)

Noun

split n, c

  1. discord, strife, dissension
    Det blir avunden och splitet, som blir Sveriges fördärv.
    It is the envy and the strife, that will be Sweden's demise.
  2. a split (of shares in a company)
  3. a side split, a straddle split (in gymnastics)

Declension

Inflection of split 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative split spliten splitar splitarna
Genitive splits splitens splitars splitarnas
Inflection of split 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative split splitten splittar splittarna
Genitive splits splittens splittars splittarnas

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