[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

split \split\ spli^t, v. t. imp.  p. p. split
   splitted, r.; p. pr.  vb. n. splitting. probably of
   scand. or low german origin; cf. dan. splitte, lg. splitten,
   od. splitten, spletten, d. splijten, g. spleissen, mhg.
   splimaczen. cf. splice, splint, splinter.
   1. to divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by
      force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers;
      to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a
      board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
      1913 webster

            cold winter split the rocks in twain. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
      1913 webster

            a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder
            by congealed water.                   --boyle.
      1913 webster

   3. to divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by
      discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political
      party; to disunite. colloq. --south.
      1913 webster

   4. chem. to divide or separate into components; -- often
      used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and
      carbonic acid.
      1913 webster

   to split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
      1913 webster
see also:
split splitted splitting splice splint splinter 
to split hairs 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

split
     adj 1: being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"
     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" syn: disconnected, disunited, fragmented
     3: broken or burst apart longitudinally; "after the
        thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk"; "they
        tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split
        watermelon"
     4: having a long rip or tear; "a split lip" syn: cut
     5: especially of wood cut or ripped longitudinally with the
        grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
     n 1: extending the legs at right angles to the trunks one in
          front and the other in back
     2: a bottle containing half the usual amount
     3: a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded
        his split before they disbanded"
     4: a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a
        split in the log"
     5: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
        rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" syn:
        rip, rent, snag, tear
     6: an old croatian city on the adriatic sea
     7: a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped
        cream and cherries and nuts
     8: 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"
     9: 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"
        syn: stock split, split up
     10: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
         gave the envelope a vigorous rip" syn: rent, rip
     11: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism
         like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" syn: schism
     v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
          equal parts"; "the british carved up the ottoman empire
          after world war i" syn: divide, split up, separate,
           dissever, carve up ant: unite
     2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
        "cleave the bone" syn: cleave, rive
     3: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
        "the business partners broke over a tax question"; "the
        couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "my friend
        and i split up" syn: separate, part, split up, break,
         break up
     4: go one's own away; move apart; "the friends separated after
        the party" syn: separate, part
     5: break open or apart suddenly; "the bubble burst" syn: burst,
         break open
     also: splitting
see also:
disconnected disunited fragmented cut rip rent 
snag tear stock split split up schism 
divide separate dissever carve up unite 
cleave rive part break break up 
burst break open splitting 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

splitting
     adj : resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped
           apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split
           with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as
           the crowd surged forward" syn: rending, ripping
see also:
rending ripping 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

splitting
     see split
see also:
split 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

70 moby thesaurus words for "splitting":
   abscission, acute, amputation, apportionment, budgeting,
   butchering, catalysis, catalyst, chopping, cleavage, cutting,
   cutting the pie, decay, dialysis, dichotomy, dissociation,
   dividing, division, divvy, drastic, enucleation, excessive,
   excision, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fierce, fission,
   furious, great, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, immoderate, intemperate,
   intense, keen, laceration, mutilation, outrageous, parceling,
   partition, partitioning, photolysis, piercing, portioning,
   rationing, rending, repartition, resection, rigorous, ripping,
   rough, scission, section, severance, severe, sharing, sharing out,
   sharp, slashing, slicing, surgery, tearing, thermolysis, tough,
   unconscionable, vehement, venomous, violent, virulent

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