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say it: split
split is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)". It carries 18 recorded senses.
extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
a bottle containing half the usual amount
a promised or claimed share of loot or money
“he demanded his split before they disbanded”
a lengthwise crack in wood
“he inserted the wedge into a split in the log”
a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
(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”
tenpins
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”
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”
having been divided; having the unity destroyed
“Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces”
“a league of disunited nations”
“a fragmented coalition”
“a split group”
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
“we bought split logs for the fireplace”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for split come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.