Dictionary definition · Split
noun
- an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
- extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
- a bottle containing half the usual amount
- a promised or claimed share of loot or money"he demanded his split before they disbanded"
- a lengthwise crack in wood"he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart"there was a rip in his pants"
verb
- separate into parts or portions"divide the cake into three equal parts"
- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument"cleave the bone"
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways"The business partners broke over a tax question"
- go one's own way; move apart"The friends separated after the party"
adjective
- having been divided; having the unity destroyed"Congress … gave the impression of … a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"
- (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain"we bought split logs for the fireplace"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).