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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Split \Split\ (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split}
     ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of
     Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten,
     OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG.
     spl[imac]zen. Cf. {Splice}, {Splint}, {Splinter}.]
     1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by


        force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers;
        to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a
        board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
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              Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
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     2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
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              A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder
              by congealed water.                   --Boyle.
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     3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by
        discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political
        party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South.
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     4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often
        used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and
        carbonic acid.
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     {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  split
       adj 1: being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"
       2: having been divided; having the unity destroyed;
          "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" [syn: {disconnected}, {disunited}, {fragmented}]
       3: broken or burst apart longitudinally; "after the
          thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk"; "they
          tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split
          watermelon"
       4: having a long rip or tear; "a split lip" [syn: {cut}]
       5: (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the
          grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
       n 1: extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in
            front and the other in back)
       2: a bottle containing half the usual amount
       3: a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded
          his split before they disbanded"
       4: a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a
          split in the log"
       5: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
          rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
          {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {tear}]
       6: an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
       7: a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped
          cream and cherries and nuts
       8: (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing
          after the first bowl; "he was winning until he got a split
          in the tenth frame"
       9: an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a
          corporation without changing the shareholders' equity;
          "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
          [syn: {stock split}, {split up}]
       10: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
           gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {rip}]
       11: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism
           like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" [syn: {schism}]
       v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
            equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire
            after World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split up}, {separate},
             {dissever}, {carve up}] [ant: {unite}]
       2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
          "cleave the bone" [syn: {cleave}, {rive}]
       3: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
          "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The
          couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend
          and I split up" [syn: {separate}, {part}, {split up}, {break},
           {break up}]
       4: go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after
          the party" [syn: {separate}, {part}]
       5: break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" [syn: {burst},
           {break open}]
       [also: {splitting}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  splitting
       adj : resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped
             apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split
             with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as
             the crowd surged forward" [syn: {rending}, {ripping}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  splitting
       See {split}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "splitting":
     abscission, acute, amputation, apportionment, budgeting,
     butchering, catalysis, catalyst, chopping, cleavage, cutting,
     cutting the pie, decay, dialysis, dichotomy, dissociation,
     dividing, division, divvy, drastic, enucleation, excessive,
     excision, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fierce, fission,
     furious, great, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, immoderate, intemperate,
     intense, keen, laceration, mutilation, outrageous, parceling,
     partition, partitioning, photolysis, piercing, portioning,
     rationing, rending, repartition, resection, rigorous, ripping,
     rough, scission, section, severance, severe, sharing, sharing out,
     sharp, slashing, slicing, surgery, tearing, thermolysis, tough,
     unconscionable, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent
  
  

















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