split

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

   we bought split logs for the fireplace

2. 2
   noun

   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

3. 3
   noun

   a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl in ten-pin bowling

   I was winning until I got a split in the tenth frame.

4. 4
   noun

   a lengthwise crack in wood

   I inserted the wedge into a split in the log.

5. 5
   noun

   a promised or claimed share of loot or money

   I demanded my split before they disbanded.

6. 6
   verb

   To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

   He has split his lip.

7. 7
   verb

   To share; to divide.

   We split the money among three people.

8. 8
   verb

   To leave.

   Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.

Etymology

Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Middle Irish slis (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheave…