Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: split, split_up, stock_split

'split'

[split.n.01] as in: extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

'split'

[split.n.02] as in: a bottle containing half the usual amount

'split'

[split.n.03] as in: a promised or claimed share of loot or money

Examples:
he demanded his split before they disbanded

'split'

[split.n.04] as in: a lengthwise crack in wood

Examples:
he inserted the wedge into a split in the log

'split'

[rip.n.02] as in: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Examples:
there was a rip in his pants
she had snags in her stockings

'split'

[split.n.06] as in: an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

'split'

[split.n.07] as in: a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

'split'

[split.n.08] as in: (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

'split'

[split.n.09] as in: an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

Examples:
they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock

'split'

[rent.n.04] as in: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

Examples:
he gave the envelope a vigorous rip

'split'

[schism.n.01] as in: division of a group into opposing factions

Examples:
another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy

'split'

[divide.v.01] as in: separate into parts or portions

Examples:
divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I

'split'

[cleave.v.01] as in: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

Examples:
cleave the bone

'split'

[separate.v.08] as in: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

Examples:
The business partners broke over a tax question
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
My friend and I split up

'split'

[separate.v.09] as in: go one's own way; move apart

Examples:
The friends separated after the party

'split'

[burst.v.01] as in: come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

Examples:
The bubble burst

'split'

[disconnected.s.01] as in: having been divided; having the unity destroyed; -Samuel Lubell; - E.B.White

Examples:
Congress...gave

the impression of...a
confusing sum of disconnected local forces
a league of disunited nations
a fragmented coalition
a split group

'split'

[split.s.02] as in: (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

Examples:
we bought split logs for the fireplace