Definitions
How to pronounce split:
Split - as a noun
Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
An old croatian city on the adriatic sea
A bottle containing half the usual amount
A promised or claimed share of loot or money
Example: "He demanded his split before they disbanded"
A lengthwise crack in wood
Example: "He inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Example: "There was a rip in his pants"
A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
Example: "He was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame"
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Example: "They announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Example: "He gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
Division of a group into opposing factions
Example: "Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
Split - as an adjective satellite
Having been divided; having the unity destroyed
Example: "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
Example: "We bought split logs for the fireplace"
Split - as a verb
Separate into parts or portions
Example: "Divide the cake into three equal parts"
Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Example: "Cleave the bone"
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Example: "The business partners broke over a tax question"
Go one's own way; move apart
Example: "The friends separated after the party"
Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
Example: "The bubble burst"
Split - as an adjective
Divided.
Example: "Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of mr. obama's economic recovery plan."
(of a short exact sequence) having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
(of coffee) comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
(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.
(of quotations) given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
(london stock exchange) designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
SPLIT has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
SPLIT has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.
SPLIT has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
