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splitting
分裂
Split v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.]
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.
Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. --Boyle.
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.]
4. Chem. To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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]
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]