split
Forms
- present (v1)
- split
- past (v2)
- split
- past participle (v3)
- split
- present participle
- splitting
- 3rd person singular
- splits
Definitions
1.To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- He has split his lip.
2.Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
3.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.
4.To leave.(slang)
- 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.
1.Divided.
- Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
2.Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.
3.Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
4.Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2912
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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”).