split meaning
EN
[splɪt] 
US WSplit
- Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
EN Split 
- NounPLsplits
- A crack or longitudinal fissure.
- A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
- A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
- (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
- (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”) The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the torso completely to the floor in an upright position.
- (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
- He’s got a nasty split.
- (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
- A split shot or split stroke.
- A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
- A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
- (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
- In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
- (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
- (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
- (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
- A crack or longitudinal fissure.
- VerbSGsplitsPRsplitting
- (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- He has split his lip.
- (transitive) To share; to divide.
- We split the money among three people.
- (slang) To leave.
- Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
- to separate or break up.
- Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
- To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
- To burst out laughing.
- (slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
- (sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game.
- Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.
- simple past tense and past participle of split.
- (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- Adjective
- Divided.
- Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
- (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
- (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
- (stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
- (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than the usual eighths.
- is a split quotation.
- (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
- Divided.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
- To incorporate this into our statistical analysis, we split the participants of each payoff condition into two groups using a split mean procedure on the average interkeypress interval times (IKI).
- Sally voted a split ticket for a Democrat and a Republican.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of split in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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- Irregular verb forms
- Irregular past participles
- Irregular simple past forms
- Irregular past participles
- Participles
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- Past participles
- Verb simple past forms
- Irregular verb forms
- Ergative verbs
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- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
- Verbs with base form identical to past participle
- Verbs with base form identical to past participle
- Irregular verbs
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- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "split" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form, an ergative verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.