split
split
splÉĒt
split
/splˈÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "split"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϟ

a gymnastics position where the legs are extended in opposite directions, either sideways or front and back
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Achieving a full split requires consistent training and flexibility exercises.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ

separation between a group of people caused by disagreement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The party suffered a major split after the vote.
03

the act of tearing or breaking something apart

04

an increase in outstanding corporate shares without altering total shareholder equity

05

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ

(tenpin bowling) a challenging pin arrangement in bowling where pins are left standing far apart after the first roll
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He faced a difficult split on his first throw.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĨā§āϰ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϟ āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

a dessert made of sliced fruit and ice cream topped with whipped cream, nuts, and cherries

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cafÊ served a strawberry split with extra toppings.
07

a long crack running along the length of a piece of wood

08

a promised or expected share of stolen goods or money

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They argued over the size of each split.
09

a bottle holding half the standard amount

10

a poker outcome in which players with equal-ranking hands divide the pot equally

01

āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be divided into smaller groups or parts
Intransitive: to split into smaller groups or parts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river split into several tributaries as it flowed through the valley.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāύāĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something or a group of things or people to divide into smaller parts or groups
Transitive: to split sth into smaller parts or groups
to split definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company decided to split the project into smaller tasks for better efficiency.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to separate or divide something along a straight line
Transitive: to split sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With a swift motion, he split the watermelon in half, revealing its juicy interior.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϤāϰāĻŽā§āϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ• āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ, āĻāϰ āϰāϏāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to separate and go in different directions
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As soon as the bell rang, the children split and scattered in all directions to their next classes.
āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a group of people to be divided into smaller groups because of having different opinions or views
Transitive: to split a group of people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The divisive issue of healthcare reform split the nation, leading to heated debates.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϭ⧇āĻĻāϜāύāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

having its unity broken

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their split friendship made gatherings awkward.
02

(especially of wood) torn, cut, or separated along its grain

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