- split⇄adj. 1. broken or cut from end to end; divided; cleft.
Ex. a split log, a split door.
2. (of a stock market quotation) given in sixteenths rather than eighths (the usual way of quoting stock). - split⇄expr. split hairs. See under hair.
- split⇄noun 1. an act or instance of splitting; break; crack; fissure.
Ex. a split in the door. Frost caused the split in the rock.
2. a division in a group, party, or faction.
Ex. There was a split in the club for a time, but harmony was soo - split⇄split, verb, split,splitting,noun, adjective.
- split⇄v.i. 1a. to come apart or break open by or as if by being split.
Ex. The huge tree split when it was struck by lightning. The rock split into two. (Figurative.) She complains that her head is splitting from the noise. (Figurative.) I laughed till I - split⇄v.t. 1a. to break or cut from end to end, or in layers; cleave.
Ex. a tree split by lightning. The man is splitting the logs into firewood. She split the cake and filled it with jelly.
b. to rip violently; tear.
Ex. sails split by a hu