split in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   separate  part  split up  split  break  break up 
   
2. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   "The bubble burst"
   burst  split  break open 
   
3. separate into parts or portions
   "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
   divide  split  split up  separate  dissever  carve up 
   
4. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   "cleave the bone"
   cleave  split  rive 
   
5. go one's own way; move apart
   "The friends separated after the party"
   separate  part  split 
   

1. having been divided; having the unity destroyed
   "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"
   disconnected  disunited  fragmented  split 
   
2. (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
   "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
   split 
   

1. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
   "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
   rent  rip  split 
   
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
   "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
   rip  rent  snag  split  tear 
   
3. division of a group into opposing factions
   "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
   schism  split 
   
4. extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
   split 
   
5. 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"
   split  stock split  split up 
   
6. (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"
   split 
   
7. a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
   split 
   
8. a lengthwise crack in wood
   "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
   split 
   
9. a promised or claimed share of loot or money
   "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
   split 
   
10. a bottle containing half the usual amount
    split