split

About 20.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

   He has split his lip.

2. verb Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
3. verb To share; to divide.

   We split the money among three people.

4. verb To leave.

   Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.

5. verb To separate.

   Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.

6. verb To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.

   Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.

7. verb To factor into linear factors. To be expressable as a direct sum of sub-modules, -algebras, etc. To contain an object which may be so expressed.
8. verb To be expressable as a direct sum of sub-modules, -algebras, etc.

Similar words

divided divide schism part separate dissever split up break up fragmented break

Often followed by

into the up in between and second off by

Word family

Split splits splitting