split - noun

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

a bottle containing half the usual amount

a promised or claimed share of loot or money

a lengthwise crack in wood

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

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

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

division of a group into opposing factions

split - verb

• separate into parts or portions
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
• go one's own way; move apart
• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

split - adjective

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed
• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

split - thesaurus

break   burst   cleave   disconnected   dissever   disunited   divide   fragmented   part   rent   rip   rive   schism   separate   snag   tear