(slang, informal) To leave a place
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To forcibly break into parts, especially into halves or along the grain
“With a long, thin knife held horizontal to your cutting board, split the steak in half lengthwise.”
To fracture into parts, especially into halves or along the grain
“As the earth trembled, the large statue would begin to split right down the middle.”
To go in different directions
“Up ahead, the path would split in two, one way leading west toward Billy's backyard and the other south toward the intersection.”
To allocate or distribute among several parties
“Why didn't you work together with the other pirates and just split the booty?”
To leave or separate from a group that one is associated with
“Some Democrats would split from the party to support Lincoln's war effort against the rebel South.”
To break up with, or get a divorce from
“For her own sanity, Nadia had decided to split from her husband until he could straighten himself out.”
(slang, informal) To leave a place
“The crying baby began spewing milk on the mat, and it became obvious that it was time for us to split.”
To betray the secrets of, or to inform on someone
“The new act protects employees from victimization if they split on their bosses.”
To cut or divide into two parts
To make a long, deep cut in
To cause to feel less close or friendly
To split or withdraw from a union, alliance or organization
To separate something from something else with or as if with a screen
To pierce or make a hole (or holes) in
To knock or cut pieces off (a hard material)
To separate into thin plates or layers
To split open and flatten poultry for cooking by removing the backbone
To betray someone that has one's trust
To assort according to type, category or class
To cause damage or harm to
An irregular, usually narrow, break in a surface
“Light squeezed through a small split in the ceiling.”
A division in a group or the smaller group resulting from such a division
“At this stage, we cannot tell if the split is a real schism, or just an honest difference of opinion.”
A forking into two separate paths or directions
“When you reach a split in the road take the left to a higher viewpoint.”
An ending of a marriage or relationship
“Mandy consciously relates this flowering of her identity to the split from her husband and his family.”
The act of seceding
A portion allotted to someone, something, or a group
The property of not being in balance
An organized competition or activity usually performed for the enjoyment of a mass of people
A (typically heated) verbal argument
Income, typically derived from an investment or business
A physical deformity that spoils the appearance or completeness of something
Having been physically split, splintered or torn
“Rice suffered a split nail on his right big toe when he was stepped on by a teammate in practice.”
Being in a state of disagreement
“The administration is deeply split between realists and idealists.”
Standing on its own apart from the others
Cut or ripped open or into pieces
That splits into two or more directions, or parts
Having doubts or uncertainty (about something or someone)
No longer present
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