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split
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Meanings
verb
  • break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.
    E.g. the ice cracked and split
  • (with reference to a group of people) divide into two or more groups.
    E.g. let's split up and find the other two
  • (of one's head) suffer great pain from a headache.
    E.g. my head is splitting
  • betray the secrets of or inform on someone.
    E.g. I told him I wouldn't split on him
  • leave a place, especially suddenly.
    E.g. ‘Let's split,’ Harvey said
noun
  • a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.
    E.g. splits appeared in the decaying planks
  • (in gymnastics and dance) an act of leaping in the air or sitting down with the legs straight and at right angles to the body, one in front and the other behind, or one at each side.
    E.g. I could never do the splits before
  • a thing that is divided or split.
  • the time taken to complete a recognized part of a race, or the point in the race where such a time is measured.

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