split

(noun) extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back).

(noun) a bottle containing half the usual amount.

(noun) a promised or claimed share of loot or money. Examples: "He demanded his split before they disbanded."

(noun) a lengthwise crack in wood. Examples: "He inserted the wedge into a split in the log."

(noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. Synonyms: rip, rent, snag, tear. Examples: "There was a rip in his pants." "She had snags in her stockings."

(noun) an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea. Synonyms: Split.

(noun) a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts.

(noun) (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl. Examples: "He was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame."

(noun) an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity. Synonyms: stock split, split up. Examples: "They announced a two-for-one split of the common stock."

(noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something. Synonyms: rent, rip. Examples: "He gave the envelope a vigorous rip."

(noun) division of a group into opposing factions. Synonyms: schism. Examples: "Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy."

(verb) separate into parts or portions. Synonyms: divide, split up, separate, dissever, carve up. Examples: "Divide the cake into three equal parts." "The british carved up the ottoman empire after world war i."

(verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. Synonyms: cleave, rive. Examples: "Cleave the bone."

(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. Synonyms: separate, part, split up, break, break up. Examples: "The business partners broke over a tax question." "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage." "My friend and i split up."

(verb) go one's own way; move apart. Synonyms: separate, part. Examples: "The friends separated after the party."

(verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure. Synonyms: burst, break open. Examples: "The bubble burst."

(adj) having been divided; having the unity destroyed. Synonyms: disconnected, disunited, fragmented. Examples: "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."

(adj) (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain. Examples: "We bought split logs for the fireplace."