split

verb

/splɪt/

Etymology

Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Middle Irish slis (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”).

derived from *(s)pley-✻
derived from *splītaną✻
derived from *splītan✻ — “to split”
derived from *splittjan✻
borrowed from splitten
borrowed from splitten

Definitions

1
To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- He has split his lip.
- a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
3
To share
To share; to divide.
- We split the money among three people.
- Presently the 57-strong Class 378 fleet is split between the East London line and North London line, with 29 units allocated on the east side.
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1. 4
  To leave.
  - Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
  - I had this Palm Springs gig set up for Joey and the bitch split. Least he ain't nowhere around.
2. 5
  To separate.
  - Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
3. 6
  To (cause to) break up
  To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
  - Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
4. 7
  To factor into linear factors.
  - In the first case X²-2, the minimum polynomial of #92;sqrt 2, splits completely over #92;Q(#92;sqrt 2); in the second case we see that X³-2, the minimum polynomial of 3#92;sqrt 2, does not split completely over #92;Q(3#92;sqrt 2).
5. 8
  To be broken
  To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
  - The ship splits on the rock.
6. To burst out laughing.
7. 10
  To divulge a secret
  To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
  - "[…]I split, and tell all […]"
8. 11
  For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
  - Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.
9. To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
10. 13
  Divided.
  - Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
11. Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.
12. Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
13. Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time…
  Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
14. 17
  Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
  - 10+³⁄₁₆ is a split quotation.
15. Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred…
  Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
16. A crack or longitudinal fissure.
17. A breach or separation, as in a political party
  A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
18. 21
  A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting
  A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
  - The kernels split in shelling, known as splits, form a fifth grade of shelled Virginia peanuts.
19. One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
20. A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor…
  A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
21. A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner…
  A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.
22. 25
  A split-finger fastball.
  - He’s got a nasty split.
23. A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins…
  A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
24. A split shot or split stroke.
25. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
26. A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits
  A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to ¹⁄₂₀ (US) gallon, which is ¹⁄₂ of a fifth.
27. A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter…
  A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
28. 31
  The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race or speedrun.
  - In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32
29. A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
30. A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are…
  A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
31. A recording containing songs by multiple artists
  A recording containing songs by multiple artists; a split single or split album.
32. 35
  The division of a single taxon into two or more taxa
  The division of a single taxon into two or more taxa; as opposed to a lump.
  - [I]t would be a rare split in that it would be unlikely to result in an armchair tick for any birders, living or dead.
33. A port city in Croatia.

The neighborhood

synonymcleft
synonymcloven
synonymdivided
synonymsplit
synonymsundered
antonymmanifold
neighbordivide
neighbordivisible
neighborseparate
neighborseparation
neighborbisected
neighborthirded
neighbortripartite
neighbortrisected
neighborquadrisected
neighborquadripartite
neighborquartered
neighborquinquepartite

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at split. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at split. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at split

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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