split

/splɪt/ · noun

Meaning

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.
(cheerleading, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targetted in a microcycle.
Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
To share; to divide.
To leave.
(of a couple) To separate.
To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
Divided.
(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.
(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.
(of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
(London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

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