Split

verb splits · splitting · split

1. ergative, transitive To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line. He has split his lip.
2. intransitive Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
3. transitive To share; to divide. We split the money among three people.
4. intransitive, slang, transitive To leave. Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
5. intransitive To separate. Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
6. ambitransitive To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord. Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
7. intransitive, transitive 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).
8. intransitive, transitive To be expressable as a direct sum of sub-modules, -algebras, etc.
9. intransitive, transitive To contain an object which may be so expressed.
10. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. The ship splits on the rock.
11. intransitive To burst out laughing.
12. dated, intransitive, slang To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. "[…]I split, and tell all […]"
13. especially 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.
14. intransitive To vote for candidates of opposite parties.

adjective

1. not comparable Divided. Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
2. not comparable Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.
3. not comparable Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
4. not comparable, usually Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
5. historical, not comparable Given in sixteenths rather than eighths. 10+³⁄₁₆ is a split quotation.
6. London, not comparable Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

Similar: cleft, cloven, divided, split, sundered

noun splits

1. A crack or longitudinal fissure.
2. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. It destroys the class system and exploitation; it heals the split in man's nature and the crippled, one-sided development of the individual.
3. 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.
4. One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
5. 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.
6. A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.
7. slang A split-finger fastball. He’s got a nasty split.
8. A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
9. A split shot or split stroke.
10. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
11. 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.
12. A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
13. 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
14. A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
15. A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
16. A recording containing songs by multiple artists; a split single or split album.
17. 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.

proper noun

1. A port city in Croatia.