Overview of verb split

The verb split has 5 senses

• divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up -- (separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")


• cleave, split, rive -- (separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone")


• separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (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")


• separate, part, split -- (go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party")


• burst, split, break open -- (come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst")

Overview of adj splitting

The adj splitting has 1 sense

• rending, ripping, splitting -- (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")