split

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1. split - Noun

2. split - Adjective

3. split - Verb

5. split - Adjective Satellite

6. Split - Proper noun

Meaning

of Split

To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.

To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.

To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.

To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.

To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.

To separate into parties or factions.

To burst with laughter.

To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.

A crack, or longitudinal fissure.

A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.

the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.

the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.

Divided; cleft.

Divided deeply; cleft.

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Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl S. Buck

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. Bertolt Brecht

Have you ever tried to split sawdust? Eugene McCarthy

Big words won't split ones mouth. Finnish Proverb

Wood can only be split with a wedge that is cut from its own tree. Kurdish Proverb

Once the cattle have been split up, then the tiger strikes. Myanmar Proverb

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