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split
has definitions from the fields of sport,food,government,geography
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[ noun ] (sport) extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)
Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)The One_Leg_Lunge is a split and all lifters practice this in their regular workouts . Indeed , a lighter weight works much better because a greater , more extensive split can be_performed . Place your Power_Stands in position and adjust their height so_that this will correspond to the height of your shoulders when you are in a deep leg split as for a heavy Clean . Place a suitably loaded barbell across them ; grasp the bar ( which will rest against the back of your neck ) ; extend your feet forward and backward until you are in a deep leg split . Squat_style lifters and leg split lifters would both benefit enormously by practicing those variations providing that they remember to make alternate sets with the left and right leg to the front . Related terms |
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[ verb ] separate into parts or portions
Examples "divide the cake into three equal parts" "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The most_valuable_player award was split three ways , among Glen_Mankowski , Gordon_Hartweger and Tom_Kieffer . |
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[ verb ] separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Examples "cleave the bone" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Do patriots everywhere know enough about how the persecution of the Jews in Germany and later in the occupied countries contributed to terrorizing the populations , splitting apart individuals and groups , arousing the meanest and most dishonest impulses , pulverizing trust and personal dignity , and finally forcing people to follow their masters into the abyss by making them partners in unspeakable crimes ? (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)He could n't see the grin that split her mouth ; the teeth that shone into the phone were like a shark 's . |
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[ verb ] discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Examples "The business partners broke over a tax question" "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage" "My friend and I split up" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)It was observed in the introductory chapter that metropolitan life had split into two trends - expanding interdependence on an impersonal basis and growing exclusiveness in local communal groupings . |
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[ verb ] go one's own away; move apart
Examples "The friends separated after the party" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)And irrespective of the outcome in centuries elapsed since splitting , calculations obviously carry more concordant and comparable meaning if they deal with the most stable units than with variously unstable ones . |
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[ adjective ] broken or burst apart longitudinally
Examples "after the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk" "they tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split watermelon" Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The candles were lighted , and we sat on split bamboo mats among the village notables . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being divided or separated
Examples "split between love and hate" Used in print (The New York Times,...)Skorich , however , is a strong advocate of a balanced attack - split between running and passing . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having been divided; having the unity destroyed
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Synonyms Examples "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a bottle containing half the usual amount
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[ adjective ] (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain
Examples "we bought split logs for the fireplace" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (food) a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
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