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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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: split, stock split, split up] v
1: get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" [syn: divorce, split up]
2: 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, split up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify, unite]
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, split, break, break up]
4: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn: break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If two people split up, or if someone or something splits them up, they end their relationship or marriage. Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school... I was beginning to think that nothing could ever split us up... I split up with my boyfriend last year. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P, V P with n 2. If a group of people split up or are split up, they go away in different directions. Did the two of you split up in the woods?... This situation has split up the family... Touring the album temporarily split the band up. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n (not pron), V n P 3. If you split something up, or if it splits up, you divide it so that it is in a number of smaller separate sections. Any thought of splitting up the company was unthinkable they said... Even though museums have begged to borrow her collection, she could never split it up... Her company has had to split up and work from two locations. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V P

Moby Thesaurus

apportion, break up, breakup, carve, carve up, cut, cut up, deactivate, deactivation, debrief, demob, demobilization, demobilize, detach, detachment, diaspora, dichotomize, disband, disbandment, discharge, disintegrate, disintegration, disjoin, dismiss, dismissal, disorganization, disorganize, dispel, dispersal, disperse, dispersion, dissever, dissolution, dissolve, district, diverge, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, divorce, divvy, divvy up, go separate ways, grant a divorce, grant an annulment, let go, muster out, obtain a divorce, parcel, parcel out, part, part company, parting, partition, portion, put asunder, put away, release, scatter, section, segment, separate, separation, sever, share, share out, share with, slice, slice the pie, slice up, split, subdivide, sue for divorce, sunder, unmarry, untie the knot, zone