split
To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
Verb 4 meanings
To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
“He has split his lip.”
Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
To share; to divide.
“We split the money among three people.”
To separate.
Adjective 4 meanings
Divided.
“Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.”
Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.
Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
Noun 4 meanings
A crack or longitudinal fissure.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
Etymology
Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
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SPLIT at a glance
SPLIT has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + L 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,215 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with split
All rhymes- SLIT4
- MOONLIT9
- BACKLIT15
- FLIT7
- SUNLIT6
- UNLIT5
- GREENLIT9
- CANDLELIT12
- FLOODLIT12
- STARLIT7
- ALIT4
- RELIT5
One letter away
- SPLAT7
- SPRIT7
- UPLIT7
- SPAIT7
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