Definition: division of a group into opposing factions
Usage: another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
Definition: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Usage: he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Main entry: split
Definition: extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
Main entry: stock split, split, split up
Definition: an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Usage: they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Main entry: split
Definition: (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
Usage: he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame
Main entry: split
Definition: a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
Main entry: Split
Definition: an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
Main entry: rip, rent, split, snag, tear
Definition: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Usage: there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings
Main entry: split
Definition: a lengthwise crack in wood
Usage: he inserted the wedge into a split in the log
Main entry: split
Definition: a promised or claimed share of loot or money
Usage: he demanded his split before they disbanded
Main entry: split
Definition: a bottle containing half the usual amount
Main entry: break open, burst, split
Definition: come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
Usage: The bubble burst
Main entry: rive, split, cleave
Definition: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Usage: cleave the bone
Main entry: part, split, separate
Definition: go one's own way; move apart
Usage: The friends separated after the party
Main entry: part, separate, split, split up, break, break up
Definition: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Usage: The business partners broke over a tax question; The couple separated after 25 years of marriage; My friend and I split up
Main entry: dissever, divide, separate, split, split up, carve up
Definition: separate into parts or portions
Usage: divide the cake into three equal parts; The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Main entry: split
Definition: (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
Usage: we bought split logs for the fireplace
Main entry: disconnected, disunited, split, fragmented
Definition: having been divided; having the unity destroyed
Usage: 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