Definitions for splitting

Overview of verb split

The verb split has 5 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (4) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up

(separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I")

2. (3) cleave, split, rive

(separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone")

3. (2) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

(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")

4. (2) separate, part, split

(go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party")

5. (2) burst, split, break open

(come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst")

Overview of adj splitting

The adj splitting has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) rending, ripping, splitting

(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")