adj divided; cleft.
2. split ·adj divided deeply; cleft.
3. split ·vi to burst with laughter.
4. split ·noun a crack, or longitudinal fissure.
5. split ·impf & ·p.p. of split.
6. split ·vi to separate into parties or factions.
7. split ·vi to be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
8. split ·add. ·noun any of the dents of a reed.
9. split ·add. ·noun short for split shot or stroke.
10. split ·noun a breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
11. split ·vi to divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
12. split ·noun a piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
13. split ·add. ·noun any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current.
14. split ·noun specif (leather manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
15. split ·add. ·adj designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
xvi. split ·noun a division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
xvii. split ·vi to part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
xviii. split ·vt to burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
xix. split ·vt to divide or separate into components;
often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
xx. split ·add. ·adj of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10/ is a split quotation.
xxi. split ·vi to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.
xxii. split ·add. ·noun any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work;
usually in ·pl
xxiii. split ·add. ·adj divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price;
said of an order, sale, ·etc.
xxiv. split ·vt to divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
xxv. split ·add. ·noun the feat of going down to the floor so that the legs extend in a straight line, either with one on each side or with one in front and the other behind.
xxvi. split ·add. ·noun a small bottle (containing about half a pint) of some drink;
so called as containing half the quantity of the customary smaller commercial size of bottle; also, a drink of half the usual quantity; a half glass.
xxvii. split ·vt to divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, ·esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
xxviii. split ·noun the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. the market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. the split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
xxix. split ·noun the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.