[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to divide or separate from end to end or into layers:to split a log in two.", "to separate by cutting, chopping, etc., usually lengthwise:to split a piece from a block.", "to tear or break apart; rend or burst:The wind split the sail.", "to divide into distinct parts or portions (often followed byup):We split up the frosting into separate bowls and made each one a different color.", "to separate (a part) by such division.", "to divide (persons) into different groups, factions, parties, etc., as by discord:to split a political party.", "to separate (a group, family, etc.) by such division.", "to cast (a ballot or vote) for candidates of more than one political party.", "to divide between two or more persons, groups, etc.; share :We split a bottle of wine.", "to separate into parts by interposing something:to split an infinitive.", "Physics, Chemistry.to divide (molecules or atoms) by cleavage into smaller parts.", "to issue additional shares of (stock) to existing stockholders without charging them, thereby dividing their interest into a larger number of shares and reducing the price per share.", "Slang.to leave; depart from:Let's split this scene."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to divide, break, or part lengthwise:The board split in half.", "to part, divide, or separate in any way (often followed byup):The group of children split up into two teams. We'll split up here and meet later.", "to break asunder, as a ship by striking on a rock.", "to become separated, as a piece or part from a whole.", "to part or separate, as through disagreement; sever relations:They split up after a year of marriage. He split with the company after a policy dispute.", "to divide or share something with another or others; apportion .", "Slang.to leave; depart ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of splitting.", "a crack, tear, or fissure caused by splitting.", "a piece or part separated by or as by splitting.", "a breach or rupture, as between persons, in a party or organization, etc.", "a faction, party, etc., formed by a rupture or schism.", "a banana split banana split.", "alsocalledcommaespecially British, nip .a bottle for wine or, sometimes, another beverage, containing from 6 to 6½ ounces (170 to 184 grams).", "a bottle, as of soda, liquor, etc., which is half the usual size.", "a strip split from an osier, used in basketmaking.", "Masonry.a brick of normal length and breadth but of half normal thickness, used to give level support to a course of bricks laid over one not level.", "Oftensplits.the feat of separating the legs while sinking to the floor, until they extend at right angles to the body, as in stage performances or gymnastics.", "the amount of time it takes to complete a portion of a race, as a leg of a relay race, a lap of a track, half of a marathon, etc.:Our anchor faded over the last 50 meters of his split, and we missed the podium by six-tenths of a second.", "Bowling.an arrangement of the pins remaining after the first bowl in two separated groups, so that a spare is difficult.", "Philately. bisect(def5) bisect(def5).", "one of the layers of leather into which a skin is cut.", "stock split(def) stock split(def)."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["having been split; parted lengthwise; cleft.", "disunited; divided:a split opinion.", "(of a stock quotation) given in sixteenths instead of eighths of a point.", "(of a stock) having undergone a split."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: Roman ruins."]}]