Split (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Examples

• The couple decided to split after years of arguing about their future.
• As the group walked, some friends split off in different directions to explore the city.
• After high school, they all split and went to different colleges.
• When her parents got divorced, her family split into two separate households.
• Eventually, the business partners split to start their own separate companies.

Synonyms

• Separate
• Part

Hypernyms

• Move

Hyponyms

• Disperse
• Diffract
• Break Up
• Dissipate
• Spread Out

Related Words

• Split (noun)

Meaning ²

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".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Break
• Split Up
• Separate
• Part
• Break Up

Hyponyms

• Give The Gate
• Disassociate
• Break With
• Split Up
• Splinter
• Disunify
• Give The Bounce
• Divorce
• Dissociate
• Break
• Disjoint
• Secede
• Break Apart
• Give The Axe
• Break Away

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• Split (noun)

Meaning ³

Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Break Open
• Burst

Hypernyms

• Break
• Split Up
• Fall Apart
• Come Apart

Hyponyms

• Blow
• Stave
• Pop

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• Split (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Rive
• Cleave

Hypernyms

• Tear

Hyponyms

• Maul
• Laminate

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• Split (noun)
• Splitter (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

• They will split the property between the two beneficiaries in the will.
• She agreed to split her inheritance with her estranged brother.
• The company will split the profits among the shareholders at the end of the year.
• When the band went their separate ways, they decided to split the remaining assets equally.
• The parents will split the kids between them during the holidays in the event of a divorce.

Synonyms

• Carve Up
• Split Up
• Separate
• Dissever
• Divide

Hypernyms

• Change Integrity

Hyponyms

• Triangulate
• Subdivide
• Balkanize
• Format
• Initialise
• Sectionalize
• Unitize
• Lot
• Canton
• Parcel
• Sliver
• Paragraph

Related Words

• Split (noun)