<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two</li><li>to separate by cutting, chopping, etc., usually lengthwise: to split a piece from a block</li><li>to tear or break apart; rend or burst: The wind split the sail</li><li>to divide into distinct parts or portions (often followed by up): We split up the frosting into separate bowls and made each one a different color</li><li>to separate (a part) by such division</li><li>to divide (persons) into different groups, factions, parties, etc., as by discord: to split a political party</li><li>to separate (a group, family, etc.) by such division</li><li>to cast (a ballot or vote) for candidates of more than one political party</li><li>to divide between two or more persons, groups, etc.; share: We split a bottle of wine</li><li>to separate into parts by interposing something: to split an infinitive</li><li>to divide (molecules or atoms) by cleavage into smaller parts</li><li>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</li><li>Slang: to leave; depart from: Let's split this scene</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to divide, break, or part lengthwise: The board split in half</li><li>to part, divide, or separate in any way (often followed by up): The group of children split up into two teams</li><li>to break asunder, as a ship by striking on a rock</li><li>to become separated, as a piece or part from a whole</li><li>to part or separate, as through disagreement; sever relations: They split up after a year of marriage</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of splitting</li><li>a crack, tear, or fissure caused by splitting</li><li>a piece or part separated by or as by splitting</li><li>a breach or rupture, as between persons, in a party or organization, etc.</li><li>a faction, party, etc., formed by a rupture or schism</li><li>a banana split</li><li>especially British: nip</li><li>a bottle for wine or, sometimes, another beverage, containing from 6 to 6½ ounces (170 to 184 grams)</li><li>a bottle, as of soda, liquor, etc., which is half the usual size</li><li>a strip split from an osier, used in basketmaking</li><li>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</li><li>Often splits: 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</li><li>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</li><li>Bowling: an arrangement of the pins remaining after the first bowl in two separated groups, so that a spare is difficult</li><li>Philately: bisect</li><li>one of the layers of leather into which a skin is cut</li><li>stock split</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having been split; parted lengthwise; cleft</li><li>disunited; divided: a split opinion</li><li>(of a stock quotation) given in sixteenths instead of eighths of a point</li><li>(of a stock) having undergone a split</li></ul>