split

Adjective

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
  • we bought split logs for the fireplace
    

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed
  • 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
    

Noun

• division of a group into opposing factions
  • another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
    

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
  • he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
    

• 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
    

• (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
    

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • there was a rip in his pants
    
  • she had snags in her stockings
    

• a lengthwise crack in wood
  • he inserted the wedge into a split in the log
    

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money
  • he demanded his split before they disbanded
    

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

Verb

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
  • The bubble burst
    

• go one's own way; move apart
  • The friends separated after the party
    

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  • The business partners broke over a tax question
    
  • The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
    
  • My friend and I split up
    

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  • cleave the bone
    

• separate into parts or portions
  • divide the cake into three equal parts
    
  • The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  disconnected , disunited , fragmented , schism , rent , rip , stock split , split up , Split , snag , tear , burst , break open , separate , part , break , break up , cleave , rive , divide , dissever , carve up
• Antonyms: 
  unite , unify