1 : (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
2 : 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"
nom
1 : (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"
2 : an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
3 : division of a group into opposing factions
4 : the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
verbe
1 : come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
