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a bottle containing half the usual amount being divided or separated; "split between love and hate" divided (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace" cut broken or burst apart longitudinally; "after the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk"; "they tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split watermelon" broken 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 old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea 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; "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; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock" extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back) division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" having a long rip or tear; "a split lip" injured go one''s own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" divided |
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