splitting
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Definitions ofsplitting
- Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
Synonyms: cleave
Example: "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.
Example: "We split the money among three people."
- To leave.
Example: "Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party."
- (of a couple) To separate.
Synonyms: "break up", "split up"
Example: "Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce."
- To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
Example: "Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election."
- (acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors.
- To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
- To burst out laughing.
- To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
- In athletics (especially baseball), for both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another game.
Example: "Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap."
- To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
- An instance where something splits.
- A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
- The cleavage of a covalent bond.
- Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
- Very rapid.
Example: "They moved at a splitting pace."
- Severe.
Example: "I have a splitting headache."
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