[splɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain
(e.g: the ice cracked and split)

- (with reference to a group of people) divide into two or more groups
(e.g: let's split up and find the other two)

- (of one's head) suffer great pain from a headache
(e.g: my head is splitting)

- betray the secrets of or inform on someone
(e.g: I told him I wouldn't split on him)

- leave a place, especially suddenly
(e.g: ‘Let's split,’ Harvey said)


Phrases:
- split a gut
- split one's sides
- split one's vote
- split the difference
- split the ticket
- split the vote

Origin:
late 16th century (originally in the sense ‘break up a ship’, describing the force of a storm or rock): from Middle Dutch splitten, of unknown ultimate origin

[splɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain
(e.g: splits appeared in the decaying planks)

- (in gymnastics and dance) an act of leaping in the air or sitting down with the legs straight and at right angles to the body, one in front and the other behind, or one at each side
(e.g: I could never do the splits before)

- a thing that is divided or split

- the time taken to complete a recognized part of a race, or the point in the race where such a time is measured


Phrases:
- split a gut
- split one's sides
- split one's vote
- split the difference
- split the ticket
- split the vote

Origin:
late 16th century (originally in the sense ‘break up a ship’, describing the force of a storm or rock): from Middle Dutch splitten, of unknown ultimate origin

[splɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a seaport on the coast of southern Croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). Founded as a Roman colony in 78 BC, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor Diocletian, built in about AD 300


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