split

nouns

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

split

is a type of (narrower)

a stunt performed by an acrobat

acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt

a bottle containing half the usual amount

split

is a type of (narrower)

the quantity contained in a bottle

bottle, bottleful

a promised or claimed share of loot or money

"he demanded his split before they disbanded"

split

is a type of (narrower)

assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

"he wanted his share in cash"

part, percentage, portion, share

a lengthwise crack in wood

"he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"

split

is a type of (narrower)

a long narrow opening

cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

"there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

rent, rip, snag, split, tear

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

split

is a type of (narrower)

any of various desserts prepared by freezing

frozen dessert

(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"

split

domain category

bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins

tenpin bowling, tenpins

is a type of (narrower)

a particular spatial arrangement

formation

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"

split, split up, stock split

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

rent, rip, split

division of a group into opposing factions

"another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

schism, split

verbs

separate into parts or portions

"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

"cleave the bone"

cleave, rive, split

is derived from

splitter

is derived from

splitter

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"

break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

go one's own way; move apart

"The friends separated after the party"

part, separate, split

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

"The bubble burst"

break open, burst, split

adjectives

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"

disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

"we bought split logs for the fireplace"

split

is similar to

separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

"the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"

cut