split

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. rive, rend, cleave, splinter; divide, separate, disunite, divorce; apportion; slang, leave, depart.

See disjunction, brittleness, departure.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A dividing]

Syn. separating, separation, breaking up, severing; see division 1 .

2. [An opening]

Syn. crack, fissure, rent; see hole 1 .

v.

Syn. burst, rend, cleave, divide; see break 1 , cut 1 , divide 1 .

See Synonym Study at break .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. break crack, tear, fragmenting, separation, splintering, rip, slash, gash, rupture, rift, cleft.

2. division or difference of opinion schism, dissension, fragmentation, disunion, breach, rift.

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v.

1. break splinter, separate, divide, sever, crack, tear, cleave, fragment, rip, slash, rupture, halve.

2. be at odds be at opposite ends of the spectrum, polarize, fragment.

3. divide *divvy up, allocate, apportion, share, mete out, subdivide, distribute.

ANT.: 1. join, unite, bind. 2. unite. 3. collect

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: carve, cleave1, cut, dissever, sever, slice, slit. See ASSEMBLE. 2. To undergo partial breaking: crack, fissure, fracture, rupture. See HELP. 3. To separate or pull apart by force: rend, rip, rive, run, tear1. See ASSEMBLE, HELP. 4. To become or cause to become apart one from another. Also used with up: break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate. Idioms: part company, set at odds. See ASSEMBLE. 5. Informal. To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation: secede, splinter (off). See PARTICIPATE, POLITICS. 6. Informal. To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another. Also used with up: break off, break up, part, separate. Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company. See ASSEMBLE, CONTINUE. 7. Slang. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal: cut out, push off, shove off. Slang: blow1, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See APPROACH. II noun 1. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, dissever-ment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, separation, severance. See ASSEMBLE, PART. 2. The result of cutting: cut, gash, incision, slash, slice, slit. See ENTER, HELP. 3. A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture.: break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, rift. See OPEN. 4. An interruption in friendly relations: alienation, breach, break, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rent2, rift, rupture, schism. See ASSEMBLE, HELP. 5. That which is allotted: allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share. Informal: cut. Slang: divvy. See COLLECT.